It’s the birthday of a winner today. No, not a Scandinavian winner. Don’t forget that countries other than those Scandinavian ones have occasionally won at Eurovision in the past. And this is a birthday from the past. The 1990s even. Remember them? The years of promotion, relegation, contests starting at 20.00 in the host city, and cowsheds in the wilds of the west, That’s right, today’s birthday girl from Ireland won in, erm, Ireland, in the hamlet of Sráid an Mhuilinn/Millstreet. What fond days they were. Niamh is 48 today.
Happy birthday/Breithlá sona, Niamh!