10 October – Your smile, your lips, your eyes, your face
Now I know what you're thinking. Two Irish birthdays in a row? You might think there's a plot afoot. There isn't. As you know,...
9 October – Just don’t look down
There's a lot to be said for the selection process to choose a song for our favourite TV show. What's the right formula? Do...
The beginner’s guide to Ireland at Eurovision 2020
RTÉ is joining forces with in 2FM Rising to pick a song to represent Ireland in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest.
Once the undisputed masters...
30 August – Summertime, wintertime, spring and autumn too
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...
22 July – To live like it’s the last night alive
Sometimes you want some countries to have success. Maybe it's because you'd like to see how they host a contest. Or they did well...
Ireland – This used to be my playground
Despite (apparently) dealing with a tooth infection, Sarah was all smiles on her pop art stage singing her heart out for Ireland today, and...
lreland – See Srbuk – Strip it back a bit
There were so many elements to the staging of Sarah McTernan's performance that it came across as overwhelming.
Thankfully, and perhaps surprisingly, the vocal wasn't...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 20 – Ireland
There’s an argument that Ireland has lost their former spark, from the time in the 90s where they could barely put a foot wrong...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 20 – Ireland
It is politically incorrect to say that the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the Eurovision.tv picture of Sarah was...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Ireland
Everything about this suggests RTE are treading water. Fair enough the broadcaster came under fire and pressure to boycott the Tel Aviv contest. Rumour...