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What better way to kick off the summer than with Kilkenny’s fantastic end of season sale, with all fashion and accessories reduced by up to 50 per cent in store and online. With 10 stores nationwide (including newly opened store in Swords Pavilions Shopping Centre, Dublin) and a convenient online store with nationwide delivery, www.kilkennyshop.com, getting your wardrobe summer-ready could not be easier with Kilkenny’s fantastic collection of top Irish and international labels.

Our European counterparts, such as France and Italy in particular, have been long standing pioneers of design. So much so both Paris and Milan have been the launch pad for many a great name including Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Tom Ford. However, as of late, our own shores have produced some of the best talent in the world of fashion who can more than compete with some of the more internationally known designers. Look at how well the likes of Paul Costello, John Rocha, Joanne Hynes and Orla Kiely have been internationally; with role models like these to look to, new Irish designers have the fashion world at their sewing machines.

On March 26 1969 Gerry and Bridie McGuire opened the doors of their new premises on Tone Street in Ballina. They were setting out to bring something different to the area and they more than achieved this because 40 years later Gerry McGuire Shoes is now the west of Ireland’s most famous and much loved ladies shoe boutique.