Philip Treacy a "telephone-shaped headpiece with a removable handset" hat, worn for her appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in 2010 (now in permanent display at Madame Tussauds), and a "lightning-bolt" hat, she wore for the 2010 Grammy Awards. As well as Isabella Blow, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Lady Gaga, other notable muses for Treacy's hats are socialite Daphne Guinness, model Naomi Campbell, and singer, actress, model, Grace Jones, who used Treacy as art director and designer for her 2009 sold-out "Hurricane" tour. In an interview with "The Guardian" in July 2011, Treacy distilled what he felt a hat should do
Noel Treacy Taoiseach, with special responsibility for European Affairs. Treacy was returned to Dáil Éireann at the 2007 general election. This was his eighth successive time to be elected. However, the manner in which this was achieved is somewhat unusual in Irish politics for it was Treacy's seventh time to be elected at a general election without reaching the necessary quota of votes. However, following 17 years as a Minister of State in various administrations, Treacy was not reappointed to a junior ministerial post by then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. He was subsequently appointed Chairman of Joint Oireachtas Committee on the implementation of