Tag: Emo

O'Dempsey's 2-15 Emo 1-14 Laois SFC Round 2  O'Dempsey's are safely through to the quarter finals of the Laois senior football champions at the expense of...

Desperately unlucky with injuries and draws last year, Emo will be hoping for better this year. A combination of the two led to them ending...

A music-mad solicitor who had a dream of creating a hassle-free music festival, is bringing global stars and a €1million bonanza to a Laois...

Emo’s Ava O’Connor has been on cloud nine recently, having represented Ireland at senior level for the first time. Ava helped Ireland to the Division...

Emo 1-12 Ballylinan 1-12 ACFL Division 2 Relegation Section A late point from Longford native Stephen Norton helped Emo to a vital draw in their ACFL...

The Harps 2-16 Emo 2-5 ACFL Division 5 semi-final The Harps sealed their place in the Division 5 football final following a fine victory over Emo in...

Laois man Shane Carney has been appointed as Head of Athletic Performance with professional Welsh rugby club Llanelli Scarlets. The Emo native had been working...

Holy Family 3-2 Emo 1-0 Division 6 Camogie Shield Goals from Samantha Salbe and Beth Donoghue helped Portlaoise school Holy Family to win the Division 6...

Rath 5-4 Emo 2-2 Division 6 Hurling Shield Rath National School have a long and proud Cumann na mBunscol tradition, and though initially in football, in...

Ballyfin 5-10 Emo 1-8 Division 2 Boys Hurling Championship The hugely impressive Rory Hand got Emo off the mark in the opening minute with a free....

Killenard 4-2 Emo 1-2 Division 3 Camogie Championship The footballers of Emo and O'Dempsey's have played out some big battles over the years but it was...

Philip Meagher is a long-established Portlaoise-based solicitor but in recent years he has become the man behind the new three-day music festival in Emo,...

A trade show featuring over 100 businesses and a gripping and gruelling, all-day fittest team competition, hosted in the stunning surrounds of Emo Court...

This weekend will see the return of Shine 2023 to the beautiful surrounds of Emo Court Estate and Gardens. After the super success of Shine...

There were plenty of smiles in Emo recently as a Laois senior footballer hosted a GAA camp for the first time. The Sean Greene Football...

This piece originally featured on LaoisToday in March 2018 and was written by Cllr Tom Mulhall, whose family home is beside the Montague Hotel A...

The Heath 1-14 Emo 0-13 ACFL Division 2 Round 3 A final quarter surge from The Heath was enough to help them see off the challenge...

One of the big success stories of 2022 in Laois was the addition of a new weekend festival - Forest Fest - in Emo...

The week has come for a former RTE newsreader and a culinary queen to come together to launch a cookbook for a Laois primary...

It was an overwhelming success in 2022 - and it has been confirmed that 'Shine', a one-day tradeshow style event in Emo Court that...

A selection of photos from the first Forest Fest, a new three-day music festival in Emo, in July 2022.  All weekend the small picturesque village...

A trip down memory lane through the wonderful prism of County Finals. This piece was originally published prior to the Laois U-20 'A' football...

Forest Fest, the indie boutique festival in Emo, which will be held in July 2023, has added a folk and trad programme, 'The Forest...

The new three-day Forest Fest in Emo was one of the big success stories of the local entertainment scene in 2022 and they are...

James have been announced to headline the opening Friday of the Forest Fest weekend in Emo village in Laois next summer. Joining them on the...

The death has occurred of well-known Laois builder Pat Moore, who was originally from Emo. Pat died suddenly on Saturday morning, aged in his late...

Emo 11-2 Timahoe 1-10 Division 5 Girls Shield  Aoibheann O'Hara scored a double hat-trick as Emo National School claimed the Division 5 Shield in O'Moore Park. The...

Tickets for Forest Fest 2023 in Emo go on sale tomorrow, Friday, October 28. Following a sell-out success last year, discounted early bird weekend tickets...

Alone they stand. The Emo club have made a huge contribution to Laois GAA over the years - but their greatest day remains their one...

Parents from Emo, Vicarstown and the Rock held a public meeting and met with local representatives recently in relation to ongoing and persistent school...