Escorts' main job is to act as 'big brothers' to their roses 

Pádraig Mac Suibhne, who is escorting the Louth Rose Justine McGuirk, with David Cronin, who is escorting Galway Rose Deirdre Jennings and Tommy Cunningham, who is escorting Donegal Rose Niamh Shevlin. Picture: Neil Michael

One of the questions that has raised its head when it comes to the men escorting their roses is: what happens if... something happens?

After all, just last Monday, the 2019 Washington DC Rose married her escort, Dubliner Joey McCarthy.