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Irish Independent
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Launch of Ireland's oldest maritime-themed festival crowns Wicklow Regatta Queen
The Wicklow Regatta dates back to 1878 and has continued every year since, apart from a break during World War II and another in the eighties, and is considered the oldest maritime-themed festival in all of Ireland. Natasha Moya Boyce, Victorriia Lytryn and Nicola Moran were all in the running for the title of Regatta Queen 2025, leaving judges Anee Tarpey-McNally and Niamh Comber with a particularly hard decision to make. Nicola, who operates a childcare service in Wicklow town, was bestowed with the honour of taking on the role of Regatta Queen for this year's festival, as she was presented with the crown by outgoing Regatta Queen Mariia Drobna. Déjà Vu also took to the stage at the launch to round the night off. The new Wicklow Regatta website, also officially went live at 12 noon on Friday, with McKenna Creative helping with its design. Wicklow Regatta chair John Goodman is looking forward to another action packed programme of events, running from Tuesday, July 22 through to Monday, August 4. He said: 'We have added a number of new exciting events to our programme. This year we have introduced a kite flying event which we hope proves popular. We will also have an astronomy talk and demonstration from Enda Kelly of Wicklow Skies Astrophotography taking place at Wicklow Sailing Club. He will provide a talk on how to get into astrophotography and he will also have a telescope on the roof of the sailing club for people to look through, depending on the weather. 'Pat Davis will be holding a talk on the murals he carried out along the South Quay of different visiting ships. It proved a great success last year and the crews from an Irish boat and a French boat actually visited Wicklow specifically for Pat's talk. 'We also have the return of plenty of our old favourites. The singing pubs competition gets underway on Tuesday, July 22, in the Brass Fox, and then continues throughout the regatta, We will have lots of live music in Market Square and buskers playing on the streets. 'Wicklow's Got Talent will be taking place at the Pastoral Centre and we have lots of activities lined-up for our family day taking place at St Patrick's NS on Saturday, August 2. The dog show always proves a major attraction, and another big event which always takes place is our duck race, which closes the festival. I think people get more craic from watching us trying to catch all the ducks at the end than they do from the actual race. You can purchase a duck from any of the other regatta events taking place. 'The fireworks display takes place on Sunday, August 3, and always attracts massive crowds. There is always plenty of fun to be had at our annual raft race, and 'Splash Sunday', where people can try out different water based activities, will be taking place at Wicklow Sailing Club.' While all the events are free, numbers are limited for some of them, so you are advised to register first at the Wicklow Regatta website in order to avoid any disappointment.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Déjà Vu: Sodashi's White Half-Sister Marga Impresses On Debut
Déjà Vu: Sodashi's White Half-Sister Marga Impresses On Debut originally appeared on Paulick Report. Racegoers at Hadokate Racecourse in Hadokate, Japan, might have experienced déjà vu as they watched a white filly streak to victory in a 1,800 meters (about 1 ⅛ miles) newcomer race on July 12, reported NetKeiba. Advertisement The debuting 2-year-old filly Marga won gate-to-wire in 1:48.1 over the turf, setting a juvenile course record, in the very same race her older champion half-sister Sodashi won on debut five years ago. Marga looks much like her half-sister. Both appear fully white from nose to tail, with no bay splotches like their mother, Buchiko. "I'm relieved, you don't see 1.1 odds very often,' said jockey Yutaka Take. 'She's still a bit tricky in her mouth, but her talent is obvious. I think she'll be aimed at major mile races." Trainer Naosuke Sugai, who also trained Sodashi, said the Grade 3 Artemis Stakes on Oct. 25 at Tokyo Racecourse is the next major target. Marga is sired by the multiple G1 winner Maurice. She is a half sister to Sodashi (Kurofune), the first white winner of a G1 race and champion 2-year-old filly of Japan in 2020, and bay G1 winner Mama Cocha (Kurofune). Buchiko has a white yearling filly and a white weanling filly, both by Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner New Year's Day. Read more at This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
Irish Examiner
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Lighten up: Rock and rolling in West Cork
I went to an outdoor rock concert over the weekend. The first I had attended since Wacko rocked SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh back in 1988. This one was held in Bandon town, with local band Déjà Vu belting out the hits. And boy golly they did. No rolling stone was left unturned. They were brilliant. The rain stayed away, Déjà Vu gave it welly. A great night was had by all. And better again, this time the concert was free! The good people who run the Bandon Music Festival, and fair play to them, understand completely that local farmers like me have no money to be splashing out on fancy concert tickets. With the high prices now needed to pay for store bullocks, we have no money for anything that costs more than a pot of jam The days when hard-working farmers would queue for long hours for tickets to see the likes of Kylie Minogue are in the past. The only "spinning around" most of us do nowadays is on the tractor with a fertiliser spinner attached to our rear. With our input costs gone through the roof, Bucks Fizz and their ilk are in "the land of make-believe" if they think farmers like me will flock to their shows. No. In today's farming world, it's a case of the best things in life are free. Anyhow, as I mentioned earlier, it was free, and so as Déjà Vu belted out one rock anthem after another, I soaked it all in like molasses on silage. I thought I was 16 again, shaking my head that now has no hair on it, and shaking a leg that now shakes even when there is no music playing. The hours might be on the clock, but the old throttle can still be opened fully. And better again, while I rocked and rolled in Bandon town, back home on the farm, the rolling also continued. For unbeknownst to many who might presume that Auld Lehane was taking the night off, the reality was far from it. My feet may have been in LA, but my mind was definitely back in Tennessee The farm at home, at that very moment, was being rolled like crazy by my daughter Aisling, who had happily chosen rolling fields over the Rolling Stones. While I moved like Jagger (literally), she was rolling the fields to perfection in preparation for the upcoming silage season. And while many might wonder as to the late date to be rolling and indeed preparing for silage, I only have one answer. In the words of Phil Lynott: "Don't believe a word." Don't believe what the experts tell you. It's never too late to roll or cut silage. I rarely cut silage before September. For like Rod Stewart himself, I believe "the first cut is the deepest" and I am usually in no hurry to get it out of the ground. "Let it grow", to quote Eric Clapton, has always been my motto with regards to silage. For now, rolling is the priority. For me personally speaking, any opportunity to put the feet up — or indeed to shake them in all directions — will be welcomed with open arms. The silage can wait. Summer in West Cork is unbeatable and you simply "gotta roll with it". Read More Denis Lehane: Dreams of Tom Cruise at Cork Summer Show
Elle
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Blue Ivy Carter Is Going Viral for Her Stylish Nod to Her Hometown on the Cowboy Carter Tour
Beyoncé took the Cowboy Carter Tour to the Tri-State Area last night, performing at MetLife Stadium right outside of the city in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Thirteen-year-old Blue Ivy Carter joined her mom onstage and went viral for her stylish nod to her birthplace: New York City. Blue strutted, showing off her New York-emblazoned top as she danced to one of her mother's hits, 'Déjà Vu.' The teen was born in Manhattan's Lenox Hill Hospital on Jan. 7, 2012. She drew just as much attention for her impressive choreography: Blue and her sister, Rumi, have been scene-stealers throughout Beyoncé's tour. Their grandmother Tina Knowles recently spoke to Extra about their time onstage. With Blue in particular, 'it's the best. Because at the end of the day, the most important bonus of that is I just see the confidence grow every day. 'You know, Blue is tall, she's like 5'9', and she's 13 years old, and it's great,' she continued. 'I would always say, 'Stand tall because your grandma always wanted to be tall,' but she would still slump a little bit. But now we've got the model pose, and she's strutting, and she's confident. That's the most important thing to me.' Knowles added that she hopes Blue doesn't become a pop star. 'My wish for her is that I wish that she would do something else,' she said. 'I hope she doesn't go into entertainment just because I think it's a huge sacrifice. It's a huge sacrifice on your life, but if she chooses to do it, I'm going to be right up at front, screaming and cheering, but hopefully she'll choose something else.' Knowles revealed the reason why Beyoncé let Blue join her on tour: 'because she got her confidence there. It's beautiful to see. And little Rumi also [is gaining confidence there]! She's told us every night during [the] Renaissance [Tour], 'I'm ready, I'm ready to go out there,' and we were like, 'OK, next time,' and this time, her mom let her go. It's wonderful to see her out there.'
Forbes
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
La Petite Maison Unveils New Cocktail Menu Inspired By The French Riviera
A visit to any La Petite Maison restaurant immediately transports you to the South of France. Tables are decorated with lemons, tomatoes and olive oil, and the menu is filled with signature French favorites like escargot. The spot is known for its signature Tomatini cocktail, a sweeter rendition of the Blood Mary. However, LPM just unveiled a whole slew of French Riviera inspired cocktails through its innovative new menu, Déjà Vu. Déjà Vu is a love letter to the South of France, highlighting icons like Brigitte Bardot and Grace Kelly, who turned the Côte d'Azur into what it is today. It resembles a glossy vintage French editorial magazine, highlighting the nostalgia of the 50s to 90s within the South of France. To create the magazine, the LPM team gathered information on all that was happening in this era and used it as inspiration for the menu. Every cocktail on the menu reflects a memory or musing from the Riviera and has a link to what was happening back in the day in France. 'As a brand deeply rooted in the culture of the South of France, we wanted to create a menu that not only celebrated our heritage but felt like a product of that place and time,' explains Tibor Krascsenics, La Petite Maison's global beverage director in an interview with Forbes. 'The idea of presenting the menu as a vintage magazine allowed us to capture the charm of a beachside afternoon in Antibes or a café terrace in Saint-Tropez, thumbing through old editorials, horoscopes and crossword puzzles. It's a way of storytelling that mirrors the way people linger, connect and celebrate life in the Riviera.' From conception to now, the menu took the team nearly a year to create. 'Our new menu is a natural transition—moving from the dreamlike elegance of the Belle Époque into the sun-soaked glamour of the French Riviera's Golden Era,' he says. 'We're shifting the mood, dialing up the vibrancy and inviting guests to experience the spirit of the Riviera through bold, refreshing cocktails and a new rhythm of storytelling.' As the latest evolution of LPM's cocktail menu, you can expect to find drinks like the Birkin, a twist on the Americano with an orange hued color that plays ode to the original Hermes Birkin and is served with a custom French silk scarf of the stem and crocodile-patterned ice, or Soleil, a sunny twist on the Gin and Tonic taking inspiration from the iconic Soleil fragrance from Fragonard. The cocktail is made with a special 44°N Gin that was made in collaboration with LPM and is served in a bespoke soda bottle alongside a sample of the perfume. Other notable cocktails include Douliou Douliou, a take on the Pina Colada that is based on a famous St. Tropez song, or Mr. Monaco, a champagne cocktail in honor of Graham 'Mr. Monaco' Hill's world record for the most victories at the Monaco Formula 1. The new menu also brings mirroring non-alcoholic options to ensure that every guest feels welcome. 'We wanted to introduce a mirrored menu so that every guest could be a part of our mixology,' says Krascsenics. 'The approach to this new menu is unique - something that only belongs to us, and will hopefully inspire not only our guests, but our industry peers and team members as well.' For now, Déjà Vu will only be available at the Dubai LPM location. However, over the next few months, it will be rolled out at all LPM locations around the world.
