It's back to school time this week, but it's also Rose of Tralee time, too.

The first night of the annual Rose of Tralee Lovely Girls competition kicked off last night at the Rose Dome in the Co. Kerry town.

As usual, there was an array of fun, frolics and sarcastic comments on Twitter from people who rip the almighty p*ss out of the beauty pageant but also spend their evening watching it (because RTÉ and Dáithí Ó Sé are the real winners here, let's be honest).

See below for a selection of the best/funniest comments from the tweet machine...

The Mayo Rose's dad had a few fans...

While there were a few eyebrows raised at the various renditions of Adele songs...

... and Penny the dog, who accompanied the Dublin Rose on stage (it was International Dog Day yesterday, after all), stole the show.

The good news is that there's another whole evening's worth of entertainment ahead of us... the Rose of Tralee continues on RTE One tonight.