CAMEL, grape, an explosion of colour with burnt orange and red are the colours that will dominate The Kerryman Rose of Tralee Fashion Show in the Festival Dome on Sunday 16th August. The main attraction this year will be a salute to Irish Designers, Irish Fashion and Irish craft to celebrate Irish Design Nationally &…
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32 lads from 16 counties are ‘shear’ class in making the cut to be a Rose of Tralee Escort this August
SHEEP shearing and turf cutting are among the new skills that are necessary for 32 young men who have made the grade to be Rose Escorts at the Rose of Tralee International Festival from 14-18 August. Gardaí, Hydrotherapists, Postmen, Teachers and Accountants were among the group who made it through the rigours of the Rose…
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23 Roses are Tralee-bound as curtain falls on last ever Rose of Tralee Regional Festival
THE names of the 23 Roses who will travel to Tralee for the 2015 Rose of Tralee International Festival were announced last night at the end of the last ever Regional Festival in Co Laois. There were are a couple of firsts for some regions - Elysha Brennan (22) from Bettystown, Co Meath became the…
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Justice Minister asked to prioritise Tralee in upcoming regional allocation of new Garda resources
TRALEE Chamber Alliance has sent a formal request to the Minister for Justice to allocate more Garda resources to Tralee to help overcome some barriers that are stifling the town’s recent positive growth. Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been asked to prioritise Tralee when the next 200 Garda Probationers are allocated to various towns in July…
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