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It’s the best Irish song contest result in 24 years as Swiss singer Nemo eclipses bookies’ favourite Croatia to claim victory with their song The Code

Irish contestant, originally from Macroom, Co Cork, ended their performance by saying ‘love will always triumph hate’

It is worth restating that criticism of the Israeli state is not anti-semitism. But it is also the case that anti-semitism never went away, that it still exists and that it is on the rise again

Macroom artist in contention to be first Irish winner of international song contest in almost 30 years

In its own sequinned, sparkly fashion, the contest charts the arc of post-war European economic and social change

Everything you need to know about this year’s Eurovision Song Contest final, which sees Ireland compete for the first time since 2018

Thousands of protesters including environmentalist Greta Thunberg take to Malmo streets over Israel’s war in Gaza

European Broadcasting Union says writing on artist’s body ‘contravened contest rules’

Irish in Malmo ‘really supportive’ and celebrating as Bambie Thug looks forward to Saturday’s final

Spooky performance of ‘ouiji pop’ song Doomsday Blue secured Ireland a spot in the final

London-based non-binary Ouija pop singer had been considered a long-shot but will now compete in Malmö, Sweden this weekend

Ireland has not made it past the semi-final stage of the Eurovision Song Contest since 2018 but this year our ‘ouija-pop’ entry has done the trick in Sweden

Everything you need to know about this year’s Eurovision Song Contest which sees Ireland attempt to qualify for Saturday’s final for the first time since 2018

May 5th-10th: Martin Freeman in second series of The Responder, Bambie Thug at the Eurovision and the return of The Young Offenders amon this week’s highlights

Eurovision Song Contest 2024: Ireland’s entrant, who competes in the first semi-final next week, on couch-surfing, identity and standing up for their beliefs

Think you know the Eurovision Song Contest? Test your knowledge with questions about Ireland's entry Bambie Thug, Graham Norton's presenting debut and more

Dáil gets the boot, big crowd turns out for book launch, Macroom on the map, citizenship ceremonies and Chicken Licken

Those seeking Israel’s exclusion from song contest are subverting its spirit and ‘turning it from a celebration of unity into a tool of politics’, says lobby group

TD for Laois-Offaly sees off Niall Blaney and Lisa Chambers to run for Fianna Fáil in the Midlands North-West constituency in the EU elections, but he won’t be riding into the sunset just yet

Hugh Linehan: The desperate far right thinks a witchy nonbinary performer might offer them an opportunity