PICS: Two Galway men selected as Rose Escorts

Galway Bay fm newsroom - Two Galway men have been selected as Rose Escorts for this year's Rose of Tralee International Festival.

25 year-old Glinsk native Micheál Kilheeney is a forestry technician and trainee Garda and Ciaran Shaughnessy - who is also 25 years old - is a software engineer from Ballygar.

They both took part in the annual Boot Camp in Kerry where they were among 32 men selected to accompany this year's Roses.

The festival - which is celebrating its 60th year - will take place from the 23rd to the 27th August.