Ireland’s Newstalk Radio has a day of Eurovision coverage tomorrow. Here are the highlights coming your way: Linda Martin – Breakfast, from 08:40 GMT Paul Harrington – The Pat Kenny Show Dana – The Moncrieff Show Niamh Kavanagh & Marty Whelan – Hard Shoulder Drive Time Listeners outside […]
Anna Kearney has covered Dana’s “All Kinds Of Everything”, 50 years on from when she took victory for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. You can watch Anna Kearney’s cover below, when it debuts at 22:00 GMT/23:00 CET tonight: Author: Richard Taylor Source: Niall Mooney
Following Dana’s victory in Amsterdam fifty years ago, the BBC and RTE have produced a documentary looking at her life. The documentary, “Dana, the Original Derry Girl”, will feature not only her Eurovision Song Contest victory, but also her history in politics, as well as her marriage and […]
IRELAND: Fifty years since Dana If you were around 50 years ago tonight, you may have witnessed Ireland’s first ever win the Eurovision Song Contest. A mere five years after we saw Ireland début in Naples, Dana took home the prize at the RAI Theatre in Amsterdam. Dana, […]
BIRTHDAY: Dana from Ireland is 68 today Eurovision announcement! What could be better? Well, an announcement that it’s your own city, or that you put a bet on the host city three months ago at 100/1 and it’s come up trumps. It’s apt that today we found out […]
As true fans of Eurovision we love to sing along to our favourite songs. Some can do it better than others, but we’re not here for that. We’re here to present our choices for the first round of one special battle between the covers of the winning songs. […]
Continuing our look at Eurovision stars that have graced the stages over the years, today it has a bit more of an Irish flavour to it! Ever wonder what happened to some of your favourite Eurovision stars? I’m on the case, looking them up and hunting them down […]
Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Team here at Eurovision Ireland It may only come around once a year but we here in Ireland have turned an annual holiday into a 4 day festival – To be Sure, To be Sure, To be Sure, To Be Sure. The […]
International Women’s Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements – And for that we are celebrating […]
‘Politics and Eurovision should never mix’ is a mantra that may often be quoted by Eurovision fans. For me politics is a passion as much as my interest in Eurovision. I am hoping to do a few articles on the cross over of politics and Eurovision. There is […]
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 […]
EUROSONG – “All Kinds Of Everything” gets a make-over. Yes the first Irish wining entry at Eurovision 1970 has been given the Petra treatment and we don’t mean the “I know a Drag Queen” Petra – we mean the Belgian Petra who last weekend qualified for the Belgian […]
SVT have announced that French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier will design Eurovision Host – Petra Mede’s – dress for Eurovision. Mede and Christer Bjorkman have already met with the French Style Icon and Eurovision Fan already and discussed concepts for Petra’s outfits. Gaultier’s team contacted SVT to suggest working […]
Dana, Ireland’s first Eurovision winner from 1970, has announced that she will be travelling to the Middle East as she hosts a special tour of all the famous Biblical locations. Dana was asked by the organisation “Christians in Entertainment” to become involved in this initiative. “I was thrilled […]
Help us celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Eurovision Ireland by sharing YOUR favorite Irish Eurovision Winner of all time! Hell, Why not tell us Your favorite Irish NON WINNER too.This is the one time of the year when we can take a walk down the memory lane of […]
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