
Two Castlerea based salons took home some big awards at the 9th Irish Hair and Beauty Awards on Sunday night in the Clayton Hotel, Galway.
Silke Hair Studio, owned by local woman Michelle Silke, was voted ‘Overall Hair Salon of the Year’ while also picking up the award for ‘Hair Salon of the Year – West’.
Another local business, ‘The Salon’, situated on St. Patrick’s Street in Castlerea, won the ‘Local Salon of the Year’ award.
Both businesses took to social media to express their delight over their respective wins.
On Sunday evening, The Salon’s owner, Sinead Lally posted on their Facebook and Instagram accounts:
“OMG!! We won!! Local Salon Of The Year!! We can’t believe it!! Thank

you so so much to everyone who supports us all the time and took their time out to vote for us. We are absolutely over the moon!! Whooooooo!! My team are incredible and I’m so blessed !!”
On Monday evening, Silke Hair Studio posted a heartfelt message of thanks by saying:
“Thank You for Making Us Salon of the Year! We are beyond thrilled to have been awarded Salon of the Year West and Overall Salon of the Year at the prestigious Irish Hair & Beauty Awards last night. This incredible achievement wouldn’t have been possible without our amazing clients, our dedicated team, and the support of our wonderful community. Your good wishes and heartfelt messages mean the world to us.
We are truly humbled by this recognition and are more motivated than ever to continue delivering high quality haircare and services to you.
Here’s to many more years of making you look and feel fabulous! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”