13 May – Don’t say a word
Legend is a term bandied around all too easily in this day and age. Someone can get a maximum from because they used...
10 October – Your smile, your lips, your eyes, your face
We all like trailblazers. But what about those who were - maybe - one year too late to be one? Their achievement shouldn't be...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 18/37 – Ireland
It’s at this point that I fire up the Vested Interests claxon. I have interviewed Bambi on the radio *and* know someone who has...
Ireland and the Eurozone
So there I was, watching une petite Irlandaise née en Munster sitting at a piano in an unconvincing yet gorgeous CGI forest, and it...
*yawn* Night all (contains some mention of Latvia, Denmark and Ireland)
So it seems it's all been a bit earnest since we went out in Dorf for sausage and mash and salmon and hearty goulash...
Ireland and the Eurovision backstop
In the latest of our occasional Eurovision history series, Phil ponders the 'Irish Question' - or how Ireland lost the knack of Eurovision. Forget...
11 March – Every time I’m with somebody I’m confusing them...
You have to feel for Ireland. Remember those heady days of the 1990s when RTÉ were being slowly and painfully bankrupted. Irish singers could...
8 March – I played with white lies and fiction
OnEurope likes today's birthday girl. Our beloved founder went on a boat trip with her, and they chewed the fat for hours apparently. It...
11 January – There are many rainbows on the way
Ireland. Home of seven wins of our favourite TV show. Is that eighth one just around the corner? Well, anyone can win, even .
Delving...
Ireland – DONT FALL FOR IT EUROPE
There are members of this esteemed panel that think that this song is the best thing they have ever seen - including the esteem-ed...