Newly-crowned Kerry Rose Emer Dineen says she'll be fulfilling a childhood ambition later this summer, when she represents her county in the international Rose of Tralee festival.
The 23-year-old from Castlegregory, who works as a paediatric radiographer at Temple Street hospital, was crowned the 2024 Kerry Rose at a function at the Killarney Heights Hotel at the weekend, fending off competition from 14 other contestants.
After a hectic weekend of events which included a visit to the Tralee Food Festival, she was straight back to work in Dublin, where her colleagues continued to celebrate with her.
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Emer says that like many other little girls growing up in Kerry, she often dreamed about one day becoming a Rose herself:
