Irish visionary award finalists announced

The International Visionary Awards, part of the Alternative Hair Show, reveals its Irish finalists, with the winners announced at the Irish final on 25 June in Dublin. One winner for each category will go on to appear at the Alternative Hair Show at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 15 October. The theme this year is Utopia. Tickets are now on sale. The Visionary Awards were created by Alternative Hair president Anthony Mascolo to find and promote new talent. The finalists for 2017 Irish Visionary Awards are: Avant Garde Veronica Kuehn Clare MCGrath Gemma Crossan Martha Galvin Bozena Sarek Alison O’Brian Roisin Hynes Cut & Colour Sean Taaffe Niall Bennett Noleen Devlin Ciaran Cannon Erin Gillen Murieann Ayres Men’s Cut & Style John Keegan Paul Mac Barry Kieran Chris O’Riordan