OGAE (The official Eurovision fan organisation) is long associated with the contest and their presidents are not scared to get their sleeves and everything else wet in the name of a good cause. OGAE Ireland’s President Diarmuid Furlong has completed the #ALSIceBucketChallenge (bravo) and he in turn has […]
They were friends in Malmo but Eurovision winner Emmelie de Forest may not be happy with the thoughts of having to follow Ryan Dolan in completing the #ALSicebucketchallenge. Ryan today accepted his challenge and in turn nominated X-Factor band Union J that he performed with recently at the […]
Former Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds died today in Dublin. He led the country during the 1990’s and was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Peace Process between Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland. Today tributes came in for the former Taoiseach […]
Part 2 of our Editorial asking “Why do women like Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst so much?”. On Monday we had our first contribution from writer Michelle Topham and that certainly got people talking online. Today we hear from singer Angie Tilly Marper who herself had a flurry with […]
Eurovision and 80’s Diva Bonnie Tyler is coming to roll around in the mud in Ireland. Yes the ‘Believe in Me’ singer has announced that she will be performing at Ireland’s premier music festival ‘Electric Picnic’. The queen of the ‘Power Ballad’ will be performing at the event […]
To say that we are excited to bring you this news is an understatement. ‘Come on Everybody’ this is going to be so ‘Kuula’. Yes Eurovision Ireland is very excited to announce that Eurovision 2001 winner ‘Tanel Padar’ and Eurovision 2012 singer Ott Lepland are coming to Ireland […]
Eurovision Winner Alexander Rybak is to appear on the Irish devised show ‘The Hit’. The ‘Fairytale’ singer will be competing in the weekly knock out rounds to find a new song and gain the most votes from the public each week. In Ireland the votes are actually determined […]
Ireland’s 2013 Eurovision representative Ryan Dolan has played at the annual Rose of Tralee festival in County Kerry last weekend. He was joined by X-Factor’s Union J. The Rose of Tralee is a festival culminating in the crowning of the Rose of Tralee – which is a pageant […]
RTE (Irish National Broadcaster) announced their Autumn/Winter tv schedule and there was one programme that caught our attention – ‘What’s Another Year – The Shay Healy Story’. Shay Healy is the composer of the first Eurovision win for Johnny Logan back in 1980. ‘What’s Another Year’ gave Ireland […]
Ireland’s selection process for Eurovision 2015. What will it be and when will it take place and how can you enter? With many sites posting that the details are confirmed we here at Eurovision Ireland have been inundated with thousands – and we mean thousands – of questions […]