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Friday 4 December 2020
The pale moon is rising and it’s time for you to test your knowledge.
Festival organisers say it will return in 2021.
The festival was brought to a close with the winner crowned late this evening.
Live from the Dome.
The IGB has been mired in controversy since serious animal welfare issues were uncovered last month.
Walsh won the Rose of Tralee in 2014.
The incident allegedly happened in the early hours of Sunday morning in Kilkenny city.
For someone who’d never watched the Rose of Tralee, 2018 seemed like a pretty good year to start.
But they’re ALL lovely girls.
It’s been a wild night.
She’s now second favourite to win.
Of course she’d become a meme.
Has the pageant had its day after 59 years? Or is it still relevant in 2018?
Cover your eyes Daithí!
It’s that time of year again.
There’s more to us than tea and gúnas.
Let’s just say it involves a Canadian Rose and a cow getting stagefright.
We asked the Roses why it meant so much to them to enter and how the festival is keeping up with a world of modern women.
She spoke out about Ireland’s reproductive rights in 2016.
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we must stand in solidarity, writes Maria Walsh.
24-year-old Jennifer Byrne is your new Rose of Tralee.
We’ll be with you, lovely moment after lovely moment.
This is the telly everyone will be talking about tomorrow.
We’ll be with you, lovely moment after lovely moment.
That’s before she even got to her party piece.
It’s that time of year again.
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
Will you be tuning in?
It’s that time of year.
Amanda Donohoe said that the competition was a great happy occasion for her family.
This is contrary to reports this morning.
The BAI rejected seven complaints to do with last year’s Rose of Tralee
Brianna Parkins won praise last year for speaking out about the Eighth Amendment onstage.
“She was lovely and fair as the rose of the summer…”
International recognition!
Brianna Parkins said she wants a referendum to be held on repealing the Eighth Amendment.
2015 Galway Rose Olga Lee responds to Brianna Parkin’s piece, which described the Rose of Tralee as a ‘Kate Middleton impersonation competition’.
Brianna Parkins called for a referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
RESTAURANTS AND GASTROPUBS are allowed to reopen across the country from today.
Ireland entered Level 3 restrictions earlier this week after spending six weeks at Level 5.
Non-essential shops and services have reopened, cultural institutions like cinemas and museums are back open and from today, you can once again dine in a restaurant.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan on going to a restaurant/gastropub this weekend?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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