A Memorable Night for all at the 2023 Pharmacy Ball
On Saturday, the 11 February last, PharmSoc held the annual Pharmacy Ball in Cork鈥檚 Clayton Hotel, Silversprings. With over 300 individuals in attendance, the ballroom was alive with both students and staff of the School! The theme of this year鈥檚 ball was the 60鈥檚, reflected in the ballroom being decorated with colourful balloon arches, Elvis cardboard cut outs and John Lennon sunglasses. The evening鈥檚 festivities began at 6 pm, with students mingling with their own cohort year groups and with students in other year groups within the pharmacy programme, followed by dinner at 7 pm. Afterwards, it was time for the highly anticipated annual Pharmacy Ball awards, hosted by PharmSoc chairperson Gr谩inne Barrett, vice-chairperson Emma Crowley, and first year coordinator/welfare officer Conor McCarthy. The first of the awards presented for the night was the School of Pharmacy鈥檚 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) award which was awarded to Des Lee in third year. The rest of the awards followed with Professor Abina Crean notably winning faculty member of the year! The afters guests arrived at 9 pm at which point Cork band UV5 provided entertainment for the rest of the evening.
PharmSoc would like to thank Clarity Locums for kindly sponsoring the event, the Clayton Hotel, Silversprings for their generous assistance over the past number of months, photographer Sinead Crowley and Surgeon Noonan for providing the cloakroom. We hope everyone had an amazing night!