Saying cheese

`Look at the photographer not at me," former rally driver Rosemary Smith tells Harold Kilroy, governor of the Bank of Ireland…

`Look at the photographer not at me," former rally driver Rosemary Smith tells Harold Kilroy, governor of the Bank of Ireland. "I'm looking at you in admiration," he replies. Smile please - snap!

Plastic surgeon Michael Earley, with his yellow dickie bow, is whisked away from mother, artist Maura Earley, to say cheese alongside solicitor Clodagh Keane, from Ballina, Co Mayo, and former model Sharon Bacon, who is now "a full-time housewife and mum". They stand side by side, smile - and snap again!

Mary Henry can't delay too long. She must rush back to the Senate for a debate on Dublin traffic chaos. Along with everyone at the Old Wesley Rugby Club, she has contributed to a book of childhood memories to help raise money for the Cottage Home for Little Children, a charity which takes care of about 20 young people a year. The book is called Between You and Me.

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