"Three top business women from Galway, Cork and Dublin win Network Ireland Business Women of the Year Awards..Friday, 21 October, 2011: The Galway founder of the successful travel pack for flyers, an internationally renowned hairdresser from Cork and the Head of Prudential Supervision at the Irish Banking Federation were presented with Network Ireland 2011 Business Women of the Year Awards, sponsored by Celebrity Cruises, today at Dublin Castle...Ms Julia McAndrew, the founder of Compleat Travel Essentials Packs, the new Galway company that sells to over 4,000 retail and hotel customers, a range of specially prepared packs containing essential toiletries for those flying and travelling throughout the world, won the Network Businesswoman (New Business) of the Year. Ms Valerie Cahill, CEO  Ikon Hair Design in Cork, the award winning hair styling company in Cork, won the Network Businesswoman (Self Employed) of the Year and Ms Mary Doyle, Head of Prudential Supervision at the  Irish Banking Federation, Dublin won the Network Businesswoman (Employee) of the Year. ..The ""Trish Murphy Honorary Award"" was presented by Network Ireland to the successful business woman, Ms Norma Smurfit, for her tireless commitment and work for a large number of charities. This is the inaugural year of this award in honour of Trish Murphy, a past Network Dublin President who contributed significantly to the organisation and also for charity. Sadly she passed away last year prematurely at the age of 53 from cancer...Ms Mary Kershaw, President Network Ireland, an organisation representing over 3,000 women in business, said that the theme for this year's awards was ""Local Talent for Global Opportunities"". ..""Our members aspire to successfully developing their businesses by providing high quality products and services and raising the profile of their company brands among their target markets. Today's awards ceremony recognises their achievements. We also recognised the great charity"
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