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- September 23, 2026
Ireland
Ireland holds seven Eurovision Song Contest victories, a record shared with Sweden, and has competed since 1965, dominating the 1990s with four wins in five years. RTÉ opted out of the 2026 contest in Vienna. The latest Eurovision news from Ireland is collected here.
Eurovision News 
Ireland Ireland: Donna McCaul would like to compete at Eurovision 2019
Ireland’s 2005 representative, Donna McCaul, has announced that she would compete at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, despite
Ireland: Could Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s performance influence Dancing With The Stars?
RTÉ’s Dancing With The Stars-judge Brian Redmond proposes same-sex dancing couples in the style of Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s Eurovision performance. At
Albania Eurovision 2018: China removes Albania and Ireland from semi-final 1 broadcast
Last night saw the official broadcast of the first semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, in which viewers from
Armenia 
Switzerland Lisbon Bound: Opening today’s rehearsals with Armenia, Switzerland and Ireland
Day 6 of rehearsals are here at the Lisbon venue, in which artists will continue to enter the stage for
Lisbon Bound: Going on with Ireland’s first rehearsal
The end of today’s rehearsals is now pretty close with the conclusion of Ireland’s first stage appearance at the Altice
Czech Republic 
Germany Germany: Michael Schulte jams with Mikolas Josef and Ryan O’Shaughnessy
Germany, Czech Republic and Ireland team up for a jam session, singing each others’ ESC 2018 entries together. One of
Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy set to enchant the Lisbon stage
Ryan O’Shaughnessy from Ireland will step it up at Eurovision 2018. Young Eurovision hopeful Ryan O’Shaughnessy from Ireland is tackling
Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy performs Together live on The Late Late Show
Together with Ryan O’Shaughnessy, last Friday the viewers of the longest-running Irish TV show The Late Late Show had the chance
OGAE Poll 2018: Ireland is next to unveil their votes
Moving to western Europe for the next set of votes. ESCToday, in collaboration with OGAE International for an 11th year running, will
Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy films his Eurovision postcard in Porto Santo
Ryan O’Shaughnessy, the 2018 Irish Eurovision hopeful was in Portugal recently in order to film his Eurovision postcard. He recorded
Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy to appear on The Late Late Show tonight
As his Eurovision journey is approaching at its peak, the name of the Irish 2018 entrant, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, is on
Ireland: Listen to Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s Eurovision 2018 entry Together
Ready to hear the next song entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest? Ireland has become the next country to
Ireland: Together for Ryan O’Shaughnessy at Eurovision 2018
Here is the next confirmed artist for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest: the Irish national broadcaster has today confirmed that
Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy for Eurovision 2018?
Do we have our next Eurovision 2018 artists? The latest rumours and speculation suggests that Ryan O’Shaughnessy has been internally