The Ladies Who Lunch

Ladies Lunch Poster 2014
Yesterday, I found myself in a large room in Inchydoney Lodge Hotel & Spa with about 230 other ladies. Yes, I had arrived - I was now a Lady Who Lunches! In quick time, I realised that I was simply one of the majority who had booked/snatched yesterday as 'me' time to relax and enjoy that time with other ladies. Yes, we lunched & without doubt it was very leisurely, but even the occasion had an underlying motive & we were there with a definite purpose.
It was a fundraiser & all in aid of Cork & Kerry Simon. Master of Ceremonies, the lovely Eileen Dunne, well known RTE newsreader, spoke and all listened as she urged us to dig deep in our pockets and ensured that the raffle moved along.
The only other speaker was Charlie Fellowes of Cork Simon who spoke eloquently of the needs faced by the organisation to fund the huge number of people who are either homeless or on the brink throughout Ireland and Cork & Kerry are no exception. It was sobering and at our table there was silence after she spoke. We all looked at our plates, and I wonder if the other ladies had similar thoughts to mine: it doesn't take much in today's world to go from full and plenty to empty and nothing!

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