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Michael Flatley: I was warned not to embarrass Irish dancing at Eurovision

Riverdance star Michael Flatley has said he was warned not to embarrass Irish dancing when he performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. The dancer caused a stir with his interval act, when he took to the stage with a non-traditional routine, ...

30 Apr 2024 at 09:05

Arts & Entertainment

Eurovision 2023: Graham Norton among hosts for this year's song contest

Alesha Dixon, actress Hannah Waddingham and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina will host the Eurovision Song Contest, it has been announced. The international music show will take place at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool in May after the city was chosen to ...

22 Feb 2023 at 10:23

Northern Ireland

Protesters call for RTE and BBC boycott of Eurovision

Ireland’s national broadcaster has been called on to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s inclusion in the competition. Irish actor Stephen Rea read the poem If I Must Die by Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed in an ...

09 May 2025 at 18:31

National News

John Lydon on raising awareness about wife’s Alzheimer’s with Eurovision entry

Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has said being able to raise awareness about his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease with his Eurovision bid song is already a win for him. The 66-year-old singer, who is vying to represent Ireland at the song ...

16 Jan 2023 at 10:06

National News

'We need you' - Bono calls on the UK to start leading the world again

U2 frontman Bono has urged the UK to start leading the world again after claiming the Government has been overtaken by “free market fundamentalists”. The Irish singer praised successive UK governments for helping tackle world debt, ...

17 Oct 2022 at 12:20

National News

Tributes paid to singer Dickie Rock after death aged 88

Tributes have been paid to Dickie Rock, a star of Ireland’s showband era, after his death at the age of 88. Rock was a former singer with the Miami Showband and went on to enjoy a successful solo career. The Dublin-born singer ...

06 Dec 2024 at 23:17

National News

John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd to compete to represent Ireland at Eurovision

Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon and his band Public Image Ltd (PiL) have announced they will compete to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest. The post-punk group, formed in 1978, have entered the song ...

09 Jan 2023 at 13:54

Arts & Entertainment

Eurovision 2023: Five things we already know about the grand final

The winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will not be decided until Saturday night, but we already know the line-up of songs has broken records and made history. Drawing on analysis of each of the 1,399 songs ...

12 May 2023 at 14:17

Arts & Entertainment

Eurovision Song Contest: When Ireland will select 2024 entry on Late Late Show

Ahead of Eurovision 2024, Ireland has to select their entry for this year's song contest on a special 'Eurosong' edition of The Late Late Show. Eurovision 2024, which will be hosted in Sweden, takes place at the ...

08 Jan 2024 at 14:02

Arts & Entertainment

Bambie Thug to release Eurovision music video on international women's day

Ireland's Eurovision hopeful, Bambie Thug, has confirmed the music video for their song 'Doomsday Blue' will be released tomorrow (March 8) on International Women's Day. It comes following the news of the Cork ...

07 Mar 2024 at 14:52

Arts & Entertainment

NOW AND THEN: First Beatles song in decades will be released today

The first Beatles song in almost three decades - and the last ever - is set to be released worldwide later today (November 2). Written and sung by John Lennon and developed and re-worked by Paul McCartney, ...

02 Nov 2023 at 12:03

Arts & Entertainment

POLL: Did Ireland deserve to qualify for the Eurovision grand final?

Ireland failed to qualify for yet another Eurovision grand final after Wild Youth didn't make the cut with their song 'We Are One' in the first semi-final in Liverpool on Tuesday night. Among those that ...

10 May 2023 at 10:42

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