Banana song is pick of the Roses bunch

PUPPET decapitations, Irish-dancing electro music, hurling royalty and a bizarre but unnervingly catchy “banana song”.

The only time that sentence could make any sense would be during the Rose of Tralee.

The first of the live TV broadcasts of the annual festival kicked off in style last night as presenter Daithí “clichés off-the-cuff” O’Sé put the initial pick of this year’s rose bunch at ease.