Charity fashion show organised to help raise money for Pieta House

Michelle Ferguson and Jennifer Jones Farrell are organising a charity fashion show in memory of Rachael Connelly.

Rachael was a school girl from Buncrana when she passed away in April 2023. As Rachael had a keen interest in fashion the family thought this would be the perfect way to remember her.

The money raised in the fashion show will go to Pieta House. Pieta House is a charity which provides support to those impacted by self-harm and suicide. Without events such as these and Darkness Into Light, Pieta couldn’t continue to provide these vital services for free as it is 80% financed by fundraising events.

The charity provides free, professional services to people in suicidal crisis or engaging in self-harm. They offer a 24/7 crisis helpline,  free counselling services and suicide bereavement support.

The show is taking place on Thursday September 12 in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel at 7:30pm. BBC Radio Foyle’s Micky Doherty will host the event and a range of fabulous clothing will be displayed for the worthy cause. 

Tickets cost €10, they can be bought at the hotel reception or on the night itself.

As well as a fashion show there will be a raffle on the night with some great prizes up for grabs such as €500 one for all voucher. Numbers will cost €5 for one ticket or €20 for five.

A student of Scoil Mhuire Buncrana, Rachael loved animals having previously owned a pet monkey and a dog.

At age 11, she received Donegal County Council’s first-ever Certificate of Recognition for Exceptional Courage and Bravery, after risking her own life to save her two-year-old cousin Ellie, who a husky attacked.

“Rachael was such a beautiful girl with a heart of gold. She is an angel” said Rachel’s sister Megan Clarke McTaggart