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Dublin Rose Suad Mooge: "As a child, I wasn’t looking at [the Rose of Tralee] thinking, ‘That could be me’ – because they looked nothing like me"
Sligo-born and Tallaght-raised, Dublin representative Suad Mooge is among the favourites to win this year’s Rose Of Tralee. She talks entrepreneurship, sport, music, fashion, her Somali heritage and ignoring racist trolls.