Dáithí Ó Sé

Jennifer Byrne defends competition saying fellow Roses are very modern women

Junior doctor expresses the hope that she will do the participants all proud

Dáithí Ó Sé to host his eighth contest, but 65 hopefuls will be cut to 32 before TV coverage

Never mind Beckett or Joyce or Sinéad O’Connor or Love/Hate, these are the things that truly make us Irish

It might be trendy to join the condemnation but the sensible approach is to wait and see

‘Should I have kept my mouth shut? Honestly, I would have made a crap Rose of Tralee’

Meat pie sees off challenge from banana bread and earns its creator €100,000

The public sector, left wing, emigrants, farmers and elite all play their parts

After my TV interview with Dáithí Ó Sé the media manager tells me I’ve let him down. I tell him I feel the same way

Winner says she wants to change public perception that festival is a beauty pageant

Hilary Fannin: ‘A sense of how moving it might be for emigré families to see young women breathe new life into their ancestry’

Brianna Parkins says: ‘I think it is time to give women a say on their own reproductive rights’

Matt O’Connor thrown to ground by four security men before being ushered away

Documentary as compelling as what followed on Rose of Tralee live show

Hilary Fannin: We just don’t seem to be able to get enough of this ‘celebration of Irish women and their achievements’

Competitors double this year but numbers set to be culled before interview with Dáithí

2016 Revisited: The Roses' job is to float around smiling and wearing a sash, which resembles a bandolier

Definition of a talent stretched to include ability to recite the 32 counties in 10 seconds

Food festival season continues this month, with gardening, design and literary events featuring lots of edible elements

Actor says decision to build incinerator at Poolbeg in Dublin ‘a step back’ for the State

Over €900,000 has been raised for Irish Motor Neurone disease through trend

Philadelphia Rose lives up to her favourites’ tag by becoming the 56th Rose of Tralee

Enda seizes the opportunity to showcase his street cred

Impervious to irony, and terrifying in their positivity, the Roses still impress

23-year-old New Orleans Rose Molly Molloy Gambel was stunned when her boyfriend proposed to her

‘The smiling hurts a bit, but it’s all natural’

Glow-in-the-dark dancers and kissing fish – this year could be one to watch