De-Lux win for Nicola in Tralee

After six hours of live TV, 32 Roses, and a bizarre mixture of missing cows, rock stars and air hostesses, Cork-born emigrant and Luxembourg Rose Nicola McEvoy has been named 2012 Rose of Tralee.

The announcement led to wild celebrations among her fans, in her adopted continental home, the Dome itself and her grandparents, May and Jim McCarthy, who were watching from their home in Kinsale. "

Teacher Nicola wowed audiences by singing La Vie En Rose on Monday.

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