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There was an emotional pre-Rose of Tralee moment for the Denver Rose, Tiffany Antikainen and the Philadelphia Rose, Elizabeth Spellman, who were presented with Certificates of Irish Heritage at Croke Park this week.

You may wonder why I am thumbing my way through the list of finalists in next week's Rose of Tralee contest and then gently rocking back and forth with disappointment at the realisation that for the umpteenth time, Galway will not have its worthy representative taking part in the national televised final.

“I’m such a lucky girl; I’m still in shock that I’m going to Tralee,” is the reaction of Westmeath Rose Aisling Baker to her participation in next week’s Rose of Tralee festival.

Sunderland Rose Talitha Orlandi returned to her home town of Mullingar this week to seek some inspiration for choosing a dress for the upcoming Rose of Tralee Festival.

The Carlton Hotel Group as a major sponsor of the 53rd International Rose of Tralee Festival has invited the 32 Roses to Westport, and its local hotel, the Carlton Atlantic Coast Hotel, which will host the Roses during their stay from August 15 to 16. This is the first time that the final 32 Roses will visit Westport as part of the welcoming tour to Ireland.

A lucky Westmeath lad has landed the best job in Ireland for the month of August when he will be among the 32 escorts at the Rose of Tralee International Festival.

This year a €5,000 prize awaits one lucky man who is deemed to be worthy of the title Newbridge Silverware Escort of the Year.

The search now under way to find the 2012 Rose of Tralee. Life-changing experiences come just once a year and that time has arrived for Irish women everywhere to get their skates on to enter the 2012 Rose of Tralee and fulfil their childhood dream.

This year’s Westmeath Rose of Tralee, Teresa Donohoe, has been invited to join a group of Roses, escorts, and Adi Roche to visit an orphanage in Vesnova, Belarus in aid of the Chernobyl Children’s Project International.

I felt like a bit of a voyeur last weekend as I enjoyed a mini break in Killarney with my husband before the impending arrival of our second baby.