July 27, 2005
Ladies Day and other Fillies
Since I won't actuallly be going to the Races in Ballybrit, you're just going to have to make do with more pics from Omey.
Thursday is Ladies Day - on Omey, only one lady turned up in her finery, and duly collected the prize. There's be more competition tomorrow, and the weather will probably be more kind to those with big silly hats.
Supporters of the Rossport 5 protest outside the Radisson Hotel yesterday evening - Fianna Fail politicians were attending a Race Week function inside. Note that some of the signs bear the logo of Sinn Fein. While it will probably benefit the party to associate itself with a high-profile campaign in Mayo, I'm not sure that it will be as beneificial for the Rossport Five campaign to be associated with a particular party (particularly one that polarises opinion as much as Sinn Fein).
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Posted by Monasette at July 27, 2005 11:09 PM