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Protester dressed as priest invades stage at Irish beauty contest like 'something out of Father Ted'
- Published_at:2016-08-23
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- description: Protester dressed as priest invades stage at Irish beauty contest like 'something out of Father Ted' Man stormed onto the stage as one of the competitors was talking to show's presenter about her awards with placard saying 'In the name of the Father' A Fathers 4 Justice protester dressed as a priest had to be removed from the stage at an Irish beauty contest after interrupting the live-televised event. The competition is a week long pageant, called the Rose of Tralee International Festival, which takes place annually in County Kerry. Women of Irish descent from around the world go up against each other to be crowned the rose of Tralee. But the programme, which was being broadcast live on RTE, was rudely interrupted when the man from the protest group stormed the stage. RTÉProtester dressed as priest invades stage of Irish beauty contestA baffled beauty contestant watches as the priest invades the stage At the time, presenter Dáithí Ó Sé was talking to one of the competitors, the Cavan Rose - Lisa Reilly. READ MORE Protesters dressed as Ironman and Supergirl set up camp on roof of Angela Eagle's constituency office Dressed as a priest, he yelled: "Fathers for Justice", while holding up a placard, which read: "In the name of the Father." RTÉProtester dressed as priest invades stage of Irish beauty contestHe held up a placard which read: 'In the name of the Father' The microphone was swiftly turned off by sound crews, as members of audience are seen looking stunned as they watched the scene unfold, before the show cut to adverts. Andrea Smith, a journalist for the Irish Independent who was live blogging the event, told BBC's Good Morning Ulster : "It was like something out of Father Ted, as suddenly a man dressed as a priest runs onto the stage, nobody knows what to do and he's shouting Fathers 4 Justice. RTÉProtester dressed as priest invades stage of Irish beauty contestThe contest was being broadcast live on TV "It probably gave the organisers such a fright but it's also probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened in the history of the Rose of Tralee." READ MORE New Fathers 4 Justice protesters climb onto Jeremy Corbyn's roof In a statement, the festival's organisers said that man had purchased a ticket and was removed by Irish police after being escorted from the stage. In one of the episodes of the famous Irish comedy show Father Ted is asked to judge Craggy Island's 'Lovely Girls' competition, which is a parody of the Rose of Tralee.
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