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Joanne Hynes, the Galway-born designer, has been picked as Ireland's representative at Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kyiv this March. Hynes is one of 16 fashion designers being showcased at the event -- one from each of the countries competing in the 2012 European Football Championship which is co-hosted by the Ukraine.

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