Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ; 2010–present) Formerly Radio Éireann (RÉ; 1965–1966) ; Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; 1967–2009) ;
Participation summary
Appearances	57 (46 finals)
First appearance	1965
Highest placement	1st: 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
Host	1971, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
	Participation history 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024; ;
External links
	RTÉ page
	Ireland's page at Eurovision.tv
	For the most recent participation see; Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples, missing only two contests since, in 1983 and 2002. The current Irish participant broadcaster in the contest is Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Ireland shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland has finished second four times, while Sweden has done that just once.

Ireland's seven wins were achieved by the following songs: "All Kinds of Everything" performed by Dana (1970), "What's Another Year?" (1980) and "Hold Me Now" (1987) both by Johnny Logan, "Why Me?" by Linda Martin (1992), "In Your Eyes" by Niamh Kavanagh (1993), "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan (1994), and "The Voice" by Eimear Quinn (1996). Logan also wrote the 1992 winning entry. Ireland, who also finished second with "If I Could Choose" by Sean Dunphy (1967), "Terminal 3" by Linda Martin (1984), "Somewhere in Europe" by Liam Reilly (1990), and "Mysterious Woman" by Marc Roberts (1997), has a total of 18 top five results.

Since the introduction of the qualifying round in 1994, Ireland has won the contest twice. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Ireland has failed to reach the final 11 times, and has twice finished last in the final, in 2007 and 2013. Ireland's only top 10 results between 2007 and 2024 were an eighth-place finish with "Lipstick" by Jedward in 2011, and a sixth-place finish with "Doomsday Blue" by Bambie Thug in 2024.