New York lawyer is the Rose of Tralee

NEW Rose of Tralee Lisa Murtagh yesterday confessed she was hesitant about asking for time off work to attend the Rose of Tralee — for fear her bosses would think she was entering a beauty pageant.

The 27-year-old works for a New York law firm where she specialises in the respectable business of corporate and insurance law.

“I was fearful they would be thinking it was a beauty competition and in a law firm that’s not the right image by any means,” said the lawyer.