Connacht Tribune
Racing for Rosabel has an amazing €5,000 in best dressed prizes
Galway Races are back and kicking off the week’s festivities will be Racing for Rosabel in aid of Rosabel’s Rooms in the Connacht Hotel on Monday 25th July. In its fifth year, Racing for Rosabel will not disappoint, the afternoon will be filled with scrumptious lunch, mouth-watering cocktails, tips from some of Ireland’s well-known jockeys, a special performance from Lucia Evans and of course it would not be race week without a most stylist competition with a whopping prize fund of €5,000.
Caroline Downey, organiser of the event from Carried Away PR & Events said: “I am thrilled that Racing for Rosabel is happening again, in the fabulous surroundings of the Connacht Hotel. The best dressed will be both online and for those attending the event. There will be a best dressed lady, best dressed gent and best headpiece prizes at the event as well a separate best dressed lady and best headpiece online.”
Suzanne Mc Clean, founder of Rosabel’s Rooms and Rosabel’s mum added: “We are so happy to be back with this event, and of course an event like this cannot go ahead without the amazing support of our sponsors and contributors. We are delighted to have Eyre Square Shopping centre back as main sponsor with Leufer’s Jewellers, Gillian Duggan, Michelle Kearns, Harper Boutique, Lir Boutique, Defy Clothing, Barry’s Hair & Beauty Studio, Monroe’s Live and the Connacht Hotel adding to the amazing prize fund. It is a pleasure to have Lucia Evans perform the title track from our recently released ‘Songs for Rosabel’.
Of course, it would not be the Galway Races without tips from Leon Blanche, Boyle Sports, and his panel of racing experts. It is going to be the place to be to kick off race week.”
Best dressed lady herself Fiona Morgan Coleman along with one of Galway’s most popular milliner Gillian Duggan are back judging all the style. This year we are thrilled to have Galway girl Grainne Seogie join the judging panel bringing her own beautiful style.
The categories on the day are:
Best Dressed gal – Attending the event – €1,000 voucher Eyre Square Shopping Centre
Best Dressed gal – online – €500 voucher from Eyre Square Shopping Centre
Best Headpiece – Attending the event – Headpiece by milliner Gillian Duggan, Stunning piece of jewellery from Leufer’s Jewellers, Tuam and overnight stay in HYDE with dinner, breakfast and a bottle of HYDE gin.
Best Headpiece – Online – Headpiece from milliner Michelle Kearns, vouchers from Harper Boutique, Galway and Lir Boutique
Best dressed gent €500 voucher from Defy Sports Apparel
All the winners will receive a voucher of a luxury blow-dry from Barry’s Hair & Beauty Studio and a two gig tickets of a gig of their choice from Monroe’s Live.
To enter the online best dressed donate a minimum of €10 to Rosabel’s Rooms https://www.gofundme.com/manage/racing-for-rosabel-best-dressed-online-comp
Upload your image to any of your social media platforms using #racingforrosabel and tag Rosabel’s Rooms and our judges. All photos will be considered.
Also please include screenshot of your donation.
Online winners announced on Rosabel’s Rooms Facebook Page on Tuesday 26th July at 11am. All entries must be in by 5pm on Monday 25th July.
Tickets for the event are available on https://monroes.ie/products/racing-for-rosabel for €65.00.
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Significant state investment is required to address ‘shocking’ inequalities that leave cancer patients in the West at greater risk of succumbing to the disease.
A meeting of Regional Health Forum West heard that survival rates for breast, lung and colorectal cancers than the national average, and with the most deprived quintile of the population, the West’s residents faced poorer outcomes from a cancer diagnosis.
For breast cancer patients, the five-year survival rate was 80% in the West versus 85% nationally; for lung cancer patients it was 16.7% in the west against a 19.5% national survival rate; and in the West’s colorectal cancer patients, there was a 62.6% survival rate where the national average was 63.1%.
These startling statistics were provided in answer to a question from Ballinasloe-based Cllr Evelyn Parsons (Ind) who said it was yet another reminder that cancer treatment infrastructure in the West was in dire need of improvement.
“The situation is pretty stark. In the Western Regional Health Forum area, we have the highest incidence of deprivation and the highest health inequalities because of that – we have the highest incidences of cancer nationally because of that,” said Cllr Parsons, who is also a general practitioner.
In details provided by CEO of Saolta Health Care Group, which operates Galway’s hospitals, it was stated that a number of factors were impacting on patient outcomes.
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Galway 3-18
Cork 1-10
NEW setting; new opposition; new challenge. It made no difference to the Galway minor hurlers as they chalked up a remarkable sixth consecutive double digits championship victory at Semple Stadium on Saturday.
The final scoreline in Thurles may have been a little harsh on Cork, but there was no doubting Galway’s overall superiority in setting up only a second-ever All-Ireland showdown against Clare at the same venue on Sunday week.
Having claimed an historic Leinster title the previous weekend, Galway took a while to get going against the Rebels and also endured their first period in a match in which they were heavily outscored, but still the boys in maroon roll on.
Beating a decent Cork outfit by 14 points sums up how formidable Galway are. No team has managed to lay a glove on them so far, and though Clare might ask them questions other challengers haven’t, they are going to have to find significant improvement on their semi-final win over 14-man Kilkenny to pull off a final upset.
Galway just aren’t winning their matches; they are overpowering the teams which have stood in their way. Their level of consistency is admirable for young players starting off on the inter-county journey, while the team’s temperament appears to be bombproof, no matter what is thrown at them.
Having romped through Leinster, Galway should have been a bit rattled by being only level (0-4 each) after 20 minutes and being a little fortunate not to have been behind; or when Cork stormed out of the blocks at the start of the second half by hitting 1-4 to just a solitary point in reply, but there was never any trace of panic in their ranks.
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GARDAÍ and the IFA have issued a joint appeal to all road users to take extra care as the silage season gets under way across the country.
Silage harvesting started in many parts of Galway last week – and over the coming month, the sight of tractors and trailers on rural roads will be getting far more frequent.
Inspector Conor Madden, who is in charge of Galway Roads Policing, told the Farming Tribune that a bit of extra care and common-sense from all road users would go a long way towards preventing serious collisions on roads this summer.
“One thing I would ask farmers and contractors to consider is to try and get more experienced drivers working for them.
“Tractors have got faster and bigger – and they are also towing heavy loads of silage – so care and experience are a great help in terms of accident prevention,” Inspector Madden told the Farming Tribune.
He said that tractor drivers should always be aware of traffic building up behind them and to pull in and let these vehicles pass, where it was safe to do so.
“By the same token, other road users should always exercise extra care; drive that bit slower; and ‘pull in’ that bit more, when meeting tractors and heavy machinery.
“We all want to see everyone enjoying a safe summer on our roads – that extra bit of care, and consideration for other roads users can make a huge difference,” said Conor Madden.
He also advised motorists and tractor drivers to be acutely aware of pedestrians and cyclists on the roads during the summer season when more people would be out walking and cycling on the roads.
The IFA has also joined in on the road safety appeal with Galway IFA Farm Family and Social Affairs Chair Teresa Roche asking all road users to exercise that extra bit of care and caution.
“We are renewing our annual appeal for motorists to be on the look out for tractors, trailers and other agricultural machinery exiting from fields and farmyards,” she said.
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