Cork Girls Rule!

I had the great honour of being guest speaker at North Pres secondary school last night for their annual awards night.
I wish we had an event like this when I was at school. It's great to see students being rewarded, not just for academic achievements, but also for commitment to sport, talent in visual and performing arts, contribution to school social life and a whole host of other categories. Often people don't stop to concentrate on the positives - and that's what a night like that was all about. Student of the Year was awarded to sixth year pupil Charlotte Kearney, who is a huge participant in the sports life of the school. She gave a great speech too, indicating that her years had flown by at the school and that she had thoroughly enjoyed her time there.
Well done to everyone who was involved in organising the event and indeed to everyone who took part - and thanks to everyone for giving me such a warm welcome!

Last Saturday at Mahon Point was a success for the Model Search in asociation with Gillette Venus Vibrance. I was there along with a rep from First Option Model Agency, Jakki from KISS magazine and also Ann-Marie and Morwenna from the PR firm which was handling the event. The best news was that my companions had already had the Dublin leg of the model search and said that while there was more quantity queueing up in Dublin, the quality was better in Cork! You go Cork Girls!