Rose of Tralee 2023

If there is no tiara and no silverwear why don't they present a massive bouquet of ROSES! What could be more fitting? The organisers are missing a trick there!

My money would definitely have been on Tipp! She was class. NZ was lovely but Tipp had it all. Ah well, it was actually a good show this year. Lots of really lovely true Irish girls with lot of decency, culture, heritage, love of the language and traditions of Ireland. I loved the Kildare girl who worked in Supervalue and played cards every Monday night. She was a natural. Well done all!

Did the tiara go when Newbridge stopped being involved or was it earlier?

They gave the winner a bunch of roses but it was when she left the stage, just before she walked down the hall.

Katheryn Thomas needs to dial back the shouting and the clichés, she must have said 'you nailed it' to almost everyone. But she improved from last year I thought. They could look at replacing Daithi- he's been there since 2010. At times, it seemed like he was just passing the time.

I thought the earlier Roses, say on in 8-9pm part didn't get that much time but later ones did, as if they knew they could give them more time and still not run overtime.

It'll be interesting to see what the outcome of the legal case has on the Festival long term.