The Rose of Tralee Festival has returned this year and the Galway Rose Centre have their selection night this Saturday night (May 7th) at 7pm in the Clayton Hotel. 24 Galway Rose hopefuls will first meet the judging panel of Roisin Egenton Lawless (2000 Rose of Tralee), Conor Walsh (2014 Rose Escort of the Year) and Rosie Burke (2016 Galway Rose), before their stage interview with Ollie Turner. Galway Rose Centre co-ordinator Anne Marie Doyle and MC Ollie Turner spoke to Keith Finnegan on Galway Talks on Friday morning about this weekend's event which is being live streamed (audio) on the Galway Bay FM website and Facebook page...
Here is a look at the profiles of the 24 Galway Rose of Tralee entrants: