Ryan Tubridy gets set to return to the Rose of Tralee with wife Clare

Ryan Tubridy: I’m heading back to the Rose of Tralee - this time as Clare’s plus-one

We’re well into silly season now as the news coverage is dominated by a solar eclipse and the Rose of Tralee. Not that either of these unique events are silly, of course, but they are unlikely to have received such generous attention if the Dáil was sitting or the courts were in session. Mind you, one court did sit last Sunday night, as a certain son of Ireland made his widely reported return to Dublin. Now that was definitely not silly season m…

Ryan Tubridy gets set to return to the Rose of Tralee with wife Clare

Ryan: We're well into silly season now as the news coverage is dominated by a solar eclipse and the Rose of Tralee. Not that either of these unique events are silly, of course, but they are unlikely to have received such generous attention if the Dáil were sitting or the courts were in session. It is utterly impossible to explain The Rose of Tralee to anyone from outside the country (much like the Toy Show, incidentally), and yet every year, it …