EUROVISION IRELAND: Meet Staggy, the squeaky-clean story-hunting mouse Eurovision Ireland can proudly reveal our latest team member. He’s already made an impression with a number of this year’s performers. So if you see him, say hello. Or just squeak at him. It’s Staggy Ristamouse. If you look hard […]
IRELAND: Interview with Sarah McTernan at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland was lucky enough to catch up with our representative Sarah McTernan, just before the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris near Leicester Square. Sarah told us about her time recording her postcard in Israel and her […]
IRELAND: Happy St Patrick’s Day! It’s that time of year again when everyone becomes just a little Irish. And what’s another year, you might cry. Well, on this most Irish of days, we’ve put together a short list of tunes that demonstrate Irishness. We think so anyway. These […]
IRELAND: Who wrote ’22’ for Tel Aviv? Meet the songwriters Behind every song there songwriters. If we remember that the Eurovision Song Contest is a contest for these people, then we need to give them the credit they deserve. Ireland’s song ‘22‘ has three songwriters behind it. But […]
BIRTHDAY: Molly Sterling from Ireland is 21 today We like today’s birthday girl, and not just because she’s Irish. Some of us went on a boat trip with her, and chewed the fat for hours. It was a defining moment in 2015. It’s apt that the day Ireland […]
IRELAND: Sarah McTernan to perform ’22’ in Tel Aviv RTÉ has revealed the act, and song and video that will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The song entitled “22” will be performed by Sarah McTernan and was written by Janieck, Marcia “Misha” Sondeijker and Roulsen. Speaking about being selected […]
EDITORIAL: How do you pick a song? Don’t worry, we’re not using a certain Norwegian in this editorial, as we know small children sometimes read our work. You may have read around the Internet about the selection processes of certain countries. We at EI think this needs to […]
The final countdown has begun to the Grand Final in Tel Aviv on Saturday 18th May. As usual we will have our traditional Live Blogs and Interviews during the fortnight. What else would you like to see from our coverage this year though? Let us know your ideas […]
So…..the dust has settled on Lisbon 2018 (which I had the pleasure of attending this year) and as 2019 and the road to Tel Aviv 2019 has begun, with Albania being the first to select their entry! I felt it timely to write my first article as a […]
#IRELAND: Molly Sterling to appear in First Fortnight Festival Former Eurovision participant Molly Sterling is throwing her weight between the European Mental Health Art & Culture Festival , First Fortnight. As well as being at the official launch last month, she will be taking part in the festival’s […]
#IRELAND: Ryan O’Shaughnessy to perform Christmas show Not content with singing for his country in May, and giving his Junior Eurovision countryman a helping hand last month, Ryan is concluding his of Ireland with a Christmas Show on Thursday 20 December at the Grand Social on Liffey Street […]
Eurovision Ireland is expanding! We tasked one of our new writers to tell us about their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest – so enough from me, here’s Sade to tell us more! I get asked quite often “Sade, when did you start watching Eurovision?” and “What’s your […]
#IRELAND: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin has died One of Ireland’s most renowned composers and arrangers, Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, has died. Whilst his name may not be uppermost in the mind of the Eurovision fan, he was responsible for ‘Lumen’, the interval act from the 1995 contest held at […]
#IRELAND: RTÉ puts out a call for songs RTÉ announced today that it is inviting accomplished songwriters and performers, with a proven track record of success in the music industry, to submit a song to be considered to represent Ireland next May. Executive Producer and Head of Irish Delegation Michael Kealy said: […]
After what can only be described as a shock-fest given to us from the semi-finals, I am here with coverage of the first Dress Rehearsal for the Grand Final. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just refresh the page from 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET for […]
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