Helena is first past the post in style stakes at Killarney ladies day

Blazing sunshine brought a sea of colour to Killarney Races for Ladies’ Day, with large numbers of fashionable women turning out.

Celebrity judge Sinead Desmond of TV3 said she struggled to pick a winner and eventually chose Kerry woman Helena Madigan as the Littlewoods Ireland best-dressed lady.

A total of 150 women were invited to the enclosure which was then reduced to a shortlist of ten.