Anthony O Gara
17 results

Coronavirus: Rose of Tralee postponed for first time in 61 years
- Irish News
- April 27, 2020, 10:11
The Rose of Tralee International Festival will not take place this year because of Covid-19. It is the first time in the 61 year history of the festi(...)

Rose of Tralee: Contestant stuns audience with news parents were heroin addicts
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 21, 2018
In the run-up to the Rose of Tralee, Carlow Rose Shauna Ray Lacey (24) was noteworthy as the first mother to make it to the live final. Ms Lacey, fr(...)

Offaly Rose Jennifer Byrne was crowned the 2017 Rose of Tralee on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old from Clonaderig works as a junior doctor in the acc(...)

Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney answers back critics of the festival
- Irish News
- August 29, 2016, 20:16
The 2016 Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney has said the festival is apolitical and not the place to air political views. Ms McEldowney (27), the Chic(...)

RTÉ ‘regrets’ aspects of Rose of Tralee documentary
- Irish News
- August 29, 2016, 01:00
RTÉ says it regrets its documentary on the Rose of Tralee International Festival caused upset to some contestants and will review the process for next(...)

Roses were treated like ‘animals in a circus,’ says contestant
- Irish News
- August 26, 2016, 17:35
Down Rose Fainche McCormack has said she and the other Roses were “treated like animals in a circus” in the selection process for the live final of th(...)

New Rose of Tralee tight-lipped on thorny abortion questions
- Culture
- August 24, 2016, 22:47
The reality of what it means to be the Rose of Tralee only dawned on Maggie McEldowney when she saw the morning newspapers. Almost without exception (...)

Rose of Tralee chief executive Anthony O’Gara has said he disagrees with the stance taken by the chair of the judging panel that there is no place for(...)

Father of Washington Rose who died cements links with Tralee
- Irish News
- August 17, 2015, 21:54
In April last year the 2011 Washington DC Rose, Dorothy Moriarty Henggeler, died of a brain haemorrhage shortly before her 28th birthday. Her parents(...)

Sun comes out as Roses make their first public appearance
- Irish News
- August 12, 2015, 01:00
It’s nearing the end of another soggy Irish summer which can only mean one thing - the Rose of Tralee is close at hand. There is an autumnal chill cre(...)