Galway milliners fly high in Best Dressed competition at Ballybrit

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Two Galway milliners have featured among the three winners of the best dressed competition at Ladies Day at the Galway Races in Ballybrit.
Suzie Mahony from Loughrea and Edel Ramberg from College Road in the city designed two of the winning creations.
A Clare-native, living in Cork, was named as the Best Dressed Lady at Ladies Day at the Galway Races.
Clare-native, Helen Murphy, who lives and teaches in Cork was announced as the Best Dressed Lady at the Anthony Ryan tent at Ballybrit in the past hour.
She wore a mint green midi-skirt and white top from Coast, accessorised with an Aisling Maher pearl necklace.
Her white disc hat is from hathire in Cork embellished with a Dunnes stores necklace.
After the 7th race today at 5.35 Helen Murphy will be presented with her prizes of a one-carat diamond pendant and matching diamond earrings valued at 8 and a half thousand euro.
She also receives a shopping spree worth 15 hundred euro at Anthony Ryans and one thousand euro in cash.
Also included in the prize bundle is a Lancome gift hamper worth 500 euro and a corporate hospitality package for the Galway Races October festival.
Meanwhile, the winner of the Best Hat competition is Paula Clancy from Inverin who wore a black beret creation by city milliner, Edel Ramberg.
The Chef Manager, who works at Cisco in Oranmore, wore a black beret, with goosefeathers imported from Italy designed in a floating fan.
She receives a 15 hundred euro Anthony Ryans voucher for her effort today.
The ‘Wear Irish’ competition winner is Emer Nash from Limerick wearing a Make & Tailor Dublin dress with a hat by Suzie Mahony from Loughrea.
The satin disc hat with sinamay twist complemented her Kate Middleton-inspired cream lace dress.
She wore gloves from Fabfillies.ie and Absolut jewellery and her grandmother’s handbag.
She will walk away with a 500 euro voucher for Anthony Ryans.