Roses bowled over by schoolchildren’s welcome

THE roses held by 28 Co Carlow schoolchildren weren’t the only things wilting in the summer sunshine yesterday afternoon.

Roses bowled over by schoolchildren’s welcome

The contestants were already finding it hard to keep up with the pace - as were the children from Borris’ Sacred Heart National School, who stood in line, anxiously awaiting their arrival to their village.

Four-year-old Yuan O’Neill, who arrived from China just two years ago to live with her new family, stood perfectly still, staring at her big yellow rose.

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