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Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher on stage singing Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’. Photo: Domnick Walsh
WITH just hours to go until the Rose of Tralee 2018 is crowned, the bookies have a favourite in Waterford.
Kirsten Mate Maher, the 21 year old who is about to study multimedia at Waterford Institute of Technology, is 7/4 to win the title with Paddy Power but 4/1 in Boylesports (as of 12.45pm on Tuesday).
She already appeared on the show last night, as did second favourite Shauna Ray Lacey from Carlow who has shot up to 5/2 with PP and 9/2 at Boylesports in the betting.
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The 24-year-old from Carlow town bravely revealed last night that her parents were heroin addicts when she was growing up.
The Toronto Rose is 7/1, Melbourne 12/1 followed by London at 14/1 and Boston and New England at 16/1. If you fancy a long shot, New York, Yorkshire, New Zealand and Arizona are all 100/1. To see more odds click here
