Roses bloom in the sunshine

IT was a sunny Sunday in Tralee yesterday and while the escorts slept through the morning, the Roses were ferried around town from first light.

It’s not easy to be an escort, all that polite talk and tension while chaperoning a girl whose family is always within punching distance if things get heated.

Realistically, and behind all the festival PR speak, the general public appeared fairly unenthusiastic, especially when there’s a match like the Kerry and Tyrone All-Ireland football semi-final playing on the mind.