rose of tralee

A big congratulations to our new Dubai Rose 2010, Elaine Rael. Elaine was crowned Dubai Rose 2010 by our esteemed judging panel at the Rose Ball on Friday night at the Joharah Ballroom in Mina A’Salam! We are delighted and honoured to have Elaine going forward to represent the Irish community here in Dubai at [...]

Dubai Rose Ball 2010

Rose Ball 2010

Applications for Dubai Rose Ball 2010

The excitement is building as the 22nd of May approaches. No only are DIS thrilled to have heartthrob Dáithí Ó Sé as MC at this year’s Rose of Dubai ball, we are also delighted to announce that the 2008 Rose of Tralee Aoife Kelly has arrived in Dubai for the event. Although she’s attended many [...]

Aoife Kelly, the 2008 Rose of Tralee has arrived in Dubai. Aoife is an occupational therapist at the National Rehabilitation Hospital of Ireland where she has experience working in the brain injury service, and now works in the spinal injury service. She has a passion for travel, spending working summers in America and has travelled [...]

Tickets for this year’s Rose of Dubai Ball on May 22nd will be on sale on Sunday 10th May and Sunday 17th May in The Westin lobby from 7-8:30 pm. Please contact Aileen McCarthy 050 6581745. Tickets can also be bought from Mary Mulqueen, 050 2514624, in the Arabian Ranches.

Heartthrob Dáithí Ó Sé from Feothanach near Dingle, Co. Kerry will be this year’s MC at the Dubai Rose Ball. Voted Ireland’s Sexiest Star three years in a row at the TV Now awards, runnerup in RTE’s You’re a Star Charity Special, in 2006, Dáithí Ó Sé is a weather and continuity presenter on TG4. [...]

Congratulations to the 2009 Abu Dhabi Rose Clodagh Fleming, from Ballina, County Mayo, and to the other beautiful and talented contestants Fiona Clancy, Sharon Keegan, Eithne Flanagan, Elaine Maguire and Emer Loftus. Dubai Irish Society would like to welcome Clodagh to our Rose of Tralee Selection Ball on May 22.

Dubai Rose Table Quiz

Come along to Fibber Magees on Friday 24th between 6 and 9pm and meet this year’s entrants for the Dubai Rose. With a record 22 girls from Kerry to Oman this year, the competition is tough! It promises to be a night of great craic, with an ‘alternative’ quiz (and some ‘alternative’ prizes!!) being held [...]

The Rose of Tralee International Festival celebrates modern young women in terms of their aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage. Click here to read more about this event. Are you the 15th Dubai Rose? Would you like to represent Dubai at the 50th Rose of Tralee International Festival? Click and download the application [...]