30 Rose of Tralee escorts set for festival

Following an interview and assessment process, 30 men have been chosen to escort this year's Rose of Tralee finalists at the …

Following an interview and assessment process, 30 men have been chosen to escort this year's Rose of Tralee finalists at the international festival at the end of the month.

The final 30 escorts were chosen from more than 500 young, free and single candidates and those selected include a garda, a dentist and a farm relief worker.

Rhona Bradshaw from Smart Telecom was one of the judges who chose the escorts.

"The escorts are polite guys who really know how to treat a lady," she said.

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"They are all looking forward to five days of hard work, late nights and of course a lot of laughs at the festival in Tralee later this month."