16 Roses book their place in live TV final

The waiting game is over for 16 of this year’s Rose of Tralee contestants last night, who found out they had made it through to the live TV stage of the competition on Monday and Tuesday nights.

The names of the 16 finalists were announced at an event in The Dome last night, hosted by RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey.

The remaining 48 will learn of their fate privately tomorrow, when they will find out the next 16 to go through and those whose Rose journey has ended.