Big night for RISE

There was a full house and a very entertaining night on Saturday last at the Concert in aid of the RISE Foundation, writes Brian Byrne.

Pictured before the performance with organiser Philomena Breslin (right) are visiting performers dancers Hollie and Hannah Wright from the Lynham School of Irish Dancing, Emer Dunne, Alison Sweeney, David Agnew, Niamh Murray, and Ronan Murray.

Other contributors to the evening included Maurice O'Mahony, Elaine Lambe, Joe Salmon, Tom Moore, Dick Dunphy, Bernard Berney, Jim Stewart, Clive Armstrong and Peter Wallis.

Sponsors for the event, from which all proceeds went to the RISE Foundation, included Fallons, Berneys Chemist, the Heritage Spa in Killenard, Kildare Village, the National Stud, New Abbey Bridge Club, the National Concert Hall, the Moate Theatre, and Tom O'Grady Solicitors of Mountrath.