Think Pink at Dundrum

At the lunch: Kate & Emma Prendergast; 2. Trish Fallon & Jayne O’Keeffe; 3. Tara O’Leary. (Pix. Conor Healy).


Stylish ladies made their way to the award-winning Harvey Nichols First Floor Restaurant at Dundrum Town Centre recently for the fabulous ladies luncheon to mark the launch of Think Pink Weekend in Dundrum Town Centre.

Guests in attendance at the stylish luncheon included beauty expert Triona Mc Carthy, Marie Keating ambassador, Linda Keating, Glenda Gilson and the ever stylish Lisa Fitzpatrick and Tara O’Leary.

Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, T.D and publisher Norah Casey also gave speeches on the day, as did renowned motivational speaker Veronica Canning of Shoeisms. Other guests on the day included Grainne Seoige, Jackie Lavin and Amy Huberman.

Participating retailers throughout Dundrum Town Centre also donated a percentage of proceeds from selected sales during the month to the Marie Keating Foundation. For further information regarding the Think Pink Weekend and other planned activities in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation at Dundrum Town Centre please log onto www.dundrum.ie.

Total party

At the TMI party: 1. Natasha Thomas & Rosanna Davison; 2. Andrea Roche; 3. Brian Ormonde & Pippa O’Connor. (Pix Brian McEvoy).


The party crowd were out for the launch of Total Management Ireland hosted by Tara O’Connor at Residence Members Club, Dublin. Founded by Natasha Thomas, Total Management specialises in providing clients with experiences and access to events you may only ever have dreamt of attending.

With access to worldwide VIP events Total Management Ireland can source highly coveted tickets to events such as The Oscar’s right through to Brit Awards, London and Paris Fashion week to name but a few.

Guests on the night included Lisa and Paul Fitzpatrick, Rachel Kavanagh, Rosanna Davison, Virginia Macari, Danielle Hayes, models Jenny Lee Masterson, Joanne Dever and Ruth O’Neill.

Also there were Henry Cavill (Tudors), Andrew Fowler & Tara Leniston, Hazel Kanswaren, Laura Woods, Jenny Buckley, Miriam Ahern and Terry Mc Coy, Sinead Desmond and Anna Daly from TV3, Laura Toogood and Jennifer Maguire to name but a few.

The TM crew certainly know how to throw a good party and saw guests at Dublin’s premier members club greeted with glass of G.H. Mumm Champagne and ABSOLUT cocktails to get the party going! With entertainment by Residence house DJ with sax and bongo accompaniments guests partied until late.

Óg Ireland launch

At Óg launch: 1. Bronagh Sullivan & Gray O’Brien; 2. Valerie Roe & Virginia Macari; 3. Helen O’Dwyer & Triona McCarthy. (Pix: Brian McEvoy).


There’s money in muck and Coronation Street star Gray O’Brien (Tony Gordon) jetted into town to launch new Óg Ireland Skin Care (pronounced Oo-guh), the pioneering skincare range made from peat bog extract. Handsome O’Brien, who could be one of the Street’s most notorious villains ever, set temperatures soaring with his easy line of chat and Scottish brogue.

Joining him were models Baiba Gaile, Nadia Forde and Karen Fitzpatrick (styled by Peter Mark’s award winning Michael Doyle) to sample the healing and calming properties of Óg in the soothing surroundings of the hotel’s Sanctuary Spa before he met his fans.

Guests at the launch included model Aisling Quinn, beauty expert Triona McCarthy, TV presenter Virigina Macari, Katy Gannon, Benoit Bringer and Miss Offaly Eileen Crerar.

For thousands of years bodies have been preserved in near-perfect condition thanks to peat bog. Now Tullamore-based company Óg Ireland, run by the Kenny family, are using this natural, local resource to create a range of skincare products that are proving a winner in treating everything from acne and eczema to aging.

Hello! magazine selected the Óg Ireland Peat Mask as their ‘best beauty buy’ for summer 2009. Óg Ireland produce a wide range of products including their signature Pure Peat Face and Body Mask, Moisturiser, Anti-Aging Cream, Hand Lotion and Exfoliator, all with Peat Extract, and Foot Mask with Eucalyptus which are available online from http://www.ogireland.com/.

Karen Millen is 3

At Karen Millen: 1. Mark Arigho & Laura Woods; 2. Lorraine Keane; 3. Maria Fusco and daughter Sofia. (Pix: James Horan / Photocall)

Fashionistas beat a trail to Karen Millen on Grafton Street to celebrate the flagships stores’ 3rd Birthday. Guests were dazzled by the amazing party wear and day time casual winter looks from the classic Karen Millen Autumn Winter 09 collection.

Summer was in the air though as West Coast Cooler Rosé was served on the night and guests availed of mini makeovers from makeup artists from the LA Makeup Academy and to much excitement, every customer won between €20 and €100 off their purchase on the night.

Chairman of Aurora Fashions Ireland, Ian Galvin, was be on hand to welcome guests to the party including Lorraine Keane, stylist Sonja Mohlich, RTE’s Nuala Carey and Laura Woods.

Christmas at M&S

Your M&S party people: 1. Caroline Scott & Peter O’Brien; 2. Alan Hughes & Darren Kennedy; 3. Dee Crookes & Lisa Brady. (Pix: Kieran Harnett).


There were jingle bells in the air as the Marks & Spencer Christmas Show took place at the Rooftop Restaurant, Grafton Street, Dublin. It was a festive evening for the many guests who sampled delicious food including chocolate fondants, mini puddings, mince pies and sipped Oudinot champagne and fruity mulled fizz wine.

Great gift ideas for family included the new lego and meccano kids toys, the Tess Daly beauty range, the extensive Christmas decoration collection and even M&S laptops and flatscreen TVs!

Jenny Mulholland from M&S welcomed guests including TV3’s Karen Koster, Sean Munsange and Alan Hughes; RTE’s Sandra Byrne, foodie writers Marie Claire Digby and Kevin Flanagan, fashion designer Peter O’Brien, and TV presenter Brendan O’Connor.

Design Week with Bombay Sapphire

At the Bombay Sapphire party... 1. Yvonne Sheridan, Paul Finnegan & Julie Campbell; 2. Ally Garvey; 3. Ailbhe Lee & Michael Hayes. (Pix. Brian McEvoy).


Dublin’s socialites and design community turned out in force to toast the launch of the country’s most prestigious design event series, the Bombay Sapphire Design Week 2009, which opened at the CHQ Building, IFSC.

Guest of honour was Thomas Heatherwick, the internationally acclaimed designer, who jetted into Dublin to provide a humorous insight into his diverse and fascinating career.

Thomas Heatherwick founded his eponymous studio in 1994 to make unique design projects happen. The studio’s work includes La Maison Unique in New York, the world flagship store for luxury French brand Longchamp, and the multi‑award‑winning East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton, England. Current projects include a monastic building in Sussex and the British Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo in 2010.

Faces from the world of interiors included Avril Murphy-Allen, Alexander Fitzgerald, Amanda Cochrane, Eleanor Flegg, Richard Harris and Eimear Nic an Bhaird. They were joined by representatives from Ireland’s interiors, design and architecture companies who hung on to the every word of Thomas Heatherwick while sipping stylish Bombay Sapphire gin cocktails.

Darren Kennedy, Etain Boyd, Romy Carroll, author Zoe Miller and TV3’s Elaine Crowley were also there.

The Dubliner Top 100

Enjoying The Dubliner party: 1. Astrid Brennan & Michael O’Doherty; 2. Kevin Thornton; 3. Pippa O’Connor & Brian Ormonde. (Pix. Emily Quinn).


The Dubliner magazine launched its latest edition of the hugely popular Top 100 Restaurants in the luxury surroundings of the Westin Hotel ballroom recently. Always a well attended event the guests are a mix of media, social, foodie and everything else ... and all there to find out which favourite eateries make the list.

There are many new entries in the guide this year, and regrettably a number of exits too. The year has seen a number of restaurants close due to the recession (sadly Lock’s is the latest casualty) and for this reason the publishers decided to focus the Top 100 on good food and value.

The award for the Best restaurant went to new kid on the block Green 19. The laid back yet trendy place on Camden Street has been a huge hit since it opened and is a most deserving winner as voted by the readers of The Dubliner.

Publisher Michael O’Doherty, who was hosting his fist such event since taking over the magazine, welcomed guests such as critic Tom Doorley, economist Claire McAndrew, Nick Munier of Pichet, Nadine Wai – O’Flynn (who was celebrating her birthday), TV chef Andrew Rudd, Gail Kaneswaren and Peaches Kemp.