On Saturday at 7pm, the Women of the Year Awards, which celebrate the extraordinary achievements of Ireland's most inspiring women, take place at the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road.
The creator of the awards is Norah Casey – magazine publisher, television presenter, radio broadcaster, author and an advocate for social change and equality. Listen to our interview with Norah above.
The Irish Tatler Women of the Year Awards
The awards recognise the accomplishments of women in various areas – ranging from business, entrepreneurship, music, literature, fashion, film and drama, sport, entertainment, public life and more.
This year, Norah has chosen Women's Aid as the nominated charity in order to raise awareness of domestic violence – a subject that she is all too familiar with. As she told Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show, Norah suffered through domestic abuse at the hands of her first husband, Peter.
She went on to have a very happy marriage with Richard Hannaford and their son Dara was born 17 years ago. Sadly Richard passed away six years ago following a battle with cancer.
Who gets to go?
The organisers of the Women of the Year Awards want you to be there alongside the roll of honour comprised of women from all spheres of influence. Tickets, which cost €150 each, include a red carpet arrival, drinks reception, three course meal, charity raffle, evening entertainment and a full awards ceremony.
Purple Carpet
October is domestic violence awareness month and participants wear purple in order to raise awareness. In accordance with this, the dress code for the awards show is evening dress with a hint of purple. Guest will even get to walk a purple carpet. On the nightThe inspiring event is going to have some memorable moments to celebrate women including; a capsule fashion installation featuring Irish designers, performances from Monica Loughman and her ballet troupe, Angeline Ball (The Commitments) will perform the Molly Bloom soliloquy from Ulysses, Comedian Aoife Dooley will be doing some stand-up and that's just the half of it.
Past Winners
The Awards have had recognised and celebrated some incredible women in the past. Check out some of last year's winners below:
- Olympic silver medalist Annalise Murphy was the overall 2016 winner
- Cecelia Ahern won the Literature award.
- Fashion designer Joanne Hynes picked up Entrepreneur award
- Catastrophe writer and actress Sharon Horgan took home the Entertainment award.
- Helen Cody won the Fashion award
- Margot Slattery was voted Business Woman of the Year
- Stefanie Preissner won the Film and Drama award
The Irish Tatler Women of the Year Awards take place this Saturday at 7pm in the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road. Tickets are on sale now.
