#ST PATRICK’S DAY: A time to celebrate It’s that time of the year again. No, not that time, that’s in May. If you’re Irish, then this is the day for you. Much of the world goes a little bit green – in more ways than one. So here […]
#ST PATRICK’S DAY: A time to celebrate It’s that time of the year again. No, not that time, that’s in May. If you’re Irish, then this is the day for you. Much of the world goes a little bit green – in more ways than one. So here […]
Last night, Lesley Roy took to the stage of The Late Late Show to give her first television performance of the Irish 2021 Eurovision Song Contest entry, “Maps”. You can watch her performance below: Lesley had the chance to reflect on the disappointment of the cancelled 2020 Eurovision […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue – starting with Ireland! You’ve gone through decades worth of songs, choosing your 20 finalists. […]
BIRTHDAY: Charlie McGettigan from Ireland is 70 today As you’ll know, unless you’ve been living in a crater on Mars, Ireland has won our favourite TV show seven times. That’s more than any other country taking part. Yep, even more than [insert country here]. One of those seven […]
Last week , as part of my series on the trials and tribulations of being the host country for the Eurovision Song Contest. I looked at the ( very ) large financial commitments that the host delegation and host country has when hosting a large event like our […]
It sold out well over two months before opening night, brought the house down and received no less than 5 standing ovations from its delighted Dublin audience – what could generate THAT much hype? Why, Ireland’s Eurovision – The Ultimate Show! Hosted by the unparalleled Paddy Cole, Eurovision […]
The two men that helped Ireland to their historic three in a row win at Eurovision talk to Ivan Yates on Newstalk. Yes the 1994 Eurovision Winners Paul Harrington& Charlie McGettigan spoke about Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s chances of winning the contest in Lisbon, their ‘Eurovision Legends‘ tour with Niamh […]
IRELAND : Video Interview with Eurovision Winner and Eurosong 2015 Composer Charlie McGettigan Eurovision Ireland met up with the 1994 Eurovision Winner Charlie McGettigan and composer of Kat Mahon’s Eurosong 2015 entry ‘Anybody Got A Shoulder’. Charlie talked us through how it feels to compose a song and […]
IRELAND : Video Interview with Kat Mahon ‘Anybody Got A Shoulder’ – Eurosong 2015 Finalist Eurovision Ireland had the pleasure to have some ‘Facetime’ with Kat Mahon. Kat will be performing the song ‘Anybody Got A Shoulder’ in the Irish Eurosong National Final on Friday February 27th on […]
IRELAND : Official Video released of Kat Mahon’s Eurosong entry ‘Anybody Got A Shoulder’ Kat Mahon has released the video of her song ‘Anybody Got A Shoulder’ which she will perform at the Eurosong Final on February 27th. The song is composed by Charlie McGettigan (Eurovision winner 1994) […]
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 […]
IRELAND – Eurosong finalist Laura O’Neill has just recorded a special Valentine’s Day gift for all you Eurovision Ireland readers. It is her acoustic Eurovision Medley that brings us through the years of the contest. From “Rock & Roll Kids” to “Why Me” to “Hold Me Now” to […]
2013 has been the “Year Of The Gathering” here in Ireland where Irish culture has been celebrated in the country and through those who have emigrated over the years to the four corners of the globe. It has resulted in a resurgence in the Irish Diaspora and the […]
(Photograph Courtesy of Pat O’Mahony’s RTE Documentary “Reality Bites“) The “Best Of Eurovision: Ireland’s Winners” tour saw Johnny Logan, Dana, Linda Martin, Niamh Kavanagh, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan perform to sell out audiences across Ireland. In a show that was encrusted with Eurovision gems, the 6 Eurovision […]
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