Summer Socials

It was a champagne and Kir Royal reception at the waterside deck for the annual Mid Summer Ball which was hosted at the luxurious K Club on Friday night last. The weather was clement and the spirits high as the guests assembled at the gala to raise funds for St. Bridgid’s Hospice and Home Care Team. Led by the Ambrielle committee team, the evening was a resounding sucess.

The inimitable Charlie Bird was MC for the evening and both he and special guest An Taniste Mary Harney TD gave us immense pleasure in the jokes and one liners that they fired at one another in their speeches. However, as they both declared that “what happens in the K Club, stays in the K Club”, I’m forbidden from revealing the source of the hilarity.

I was a guest of Olay, who had booked a small party of us into the nearby Barberstown Castle and ferried us to the K Club via limo. After a sumptuous dinner and dancing to the Jim Doherty Swing Band we retired back to base for our own private party. We all agreed though, what happens in Barberstown, stays in Barberstown.

Some of the guests included Ireland AM presenters Karen Koster and Laura Bermingham, stylist Sonia Mohlich and her partner Alan Bruton, Julie Byrne and hairstylist Stephen Kelly. Also there were Nigerian Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Mrs Mandu Ekong-Omaghomi, Sinead Lynch, Triona McCarthy, Sir Wesley Deaton, and TV presenters Caroline Morahan and Pamela Flood, who I had the pleasure of sharing a table with.

Actually, I’d met Pamela just the evening before at the launch party for the new Opel Astra Twin Top, which took place at the Radisson SAS St. Helens Hotel. The girls were out in force for that one, and as the competition to win one of the convertible cars was drawn to a finale, it was a line-up of 6 females who took to the podium.

Looking summery on the terrace that evening were Nadine Wai – O’Flynn and her sister Lara, Roisin Ni Mhordha and Viv Maguire, FM104’s Jodie King, publicist Roisin O’Hea and the gorgeous Avila and Roz Lipsett.

Let’s hope the weather keeps up for all this al fresco socialising.