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Cathriona Rohan (far left) and her team celebrate their fourth place at the OMC European Hairdressing Championships in Paris.
A HAIRDRESSER with salons in Tralee and Castlegregory has come fourth in a prestigious international hairdressing championships.
Cathriona Rohan, of Cathrionas Hair Salon at Mary Street, Tralee, has been recognised internationally as she and her team nabbed 4th place is the OMC European Hairdressing Championships.
The awards, which are supported by the Irish Hairdressers Federation, were held in Paris this week and despite the competition being named ‘European Championships’ the team had to fight off tough competition from the top hairdressers from over 54 countries around the world including the cream of the crop in the USA.
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Cathriona and her team, which is made up of herself and team captain John Coss, competed on both an individual and team basis. The pair, with their background team and supporters who travelled over to Paris with them, celebrated the phenomenal win and cheered proudly as they waved the Irish flag while collecting their medals late on Monday night.
“I cannot believe it, I am so thrilled and literally on cloud nine,” said Cathriona after the win. “To get 4th place is a dream come true and something I never even imagined, especially as we were a team of two competing against full teams of three. I would like to thank everyone who came and supported us, in particular our trainer Mike Hoffman, our team manager Maeve Healy Harte and my amazing model Kerry O’Connor who looked fantastic and no doubt helped us clinch the place. I would also like to give special thanks to Julie Clement, Cliona Sweeney and Rebecca Wall who helped put the winning looks together. Now our attention is towards the OMC World Cup in 2017 when we will compete with an extra pep in our step and increased confidence to go all the way and win.”
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