At Home and Abroad

2025 Rose of Tralee - Katelyn Cummins Katelyn Cummins from the small village of Ballyouskill, which sits on the Laois and Kilkenny border. She grew up on a dairy farm, and is currently in the 3rd phase of an electrical apprenticeship with Alpha Drives Ltd. and hopes to do an engineering degree in the future. She has won two county finals while playing camogie with her local club, and loves set dancing and jiving with my family and friends. She is chairperson of the North Kilkenny Macra club. Katelyn Cummins was crowned the winner of Dancing with the Stars 2026 after an emotional grand finale filled with big performances, happy tears and plenty of joy. The Rose of Tralee star and her pro partner Leonardo Lini lifted the Glitterball Trophy after topping the leaderboard with two perfect scores and winning over the public at home. Ciara Confrey - Western Canada Rose Ciara is originally from Newbridge, County Kildare and moved to Calgary when she was 15 and has been here ever since.She went on to pursue a career in Medical Esthetics through Delmar College and graduated with honours in 2019. Since then, she has gone on to work in some of the top ranked clinics in Calgary, became an educator at the college and graduated from and then went on to being the Admission Advisor and Director at Delmar College. She has won various awards for singing, dancing and acting and also have created programs in which services are offered at no cost to the parents residing at the Ronald McDonald House in Calgary. Aidan Russell - Ottawa Rose Aidan moved to Ottawa six years ago to complete a Master’s in International Affairs, specializing in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. She was accepted into the Canadian Foreign Service as a Diplomat and currently works in Indigenous Services. As a dual citizen of Ireland and Canada, has the privilege of living and working in Dublin with the Trade Commissioner Service at the Embassy of Canada to Ireland. Outside of work, Aidan runs a freelance marketing business, captains a volleyball team, and can usually be found playing pickup footy, painting, reading, cooking for friends, or heading to Pilates.