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Eurosong 2008 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition was held on 23 February 2008 at the University Concert Hall in Limerick, hosted by Ray D'Arcy and broadcast on RTÉ One as well as online via the broadcaster's official website rte.ie.
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The tournament started on 7 June and the final took place in Vienna on 29 June 2008. [1] [2] Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, by 28 May 2008.
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 was represented by the Dublin indie rock band Wild Youth
2008: Dustin the Turkey "Irelande Douze Pointe" 5 [5] 2009: Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy "Et Cetera" 6 2010: Niamh Kavanagh "It's for You" 8 2011: Jedward "Lipstick" 1 [1] 2012: Jedward "Waterline" 5 2013: Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" 13 2014: Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" 39 2015: Molly Sterling "Playing with Numbers" 77 [2] 2016 ...
Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008 was the official compilation album of the 2008 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 12 May 2008.The album featured all 43 songs that entered in the 2008 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final ...
21 September – The Tyrone football team beat Kerry 1–15 to 0–14 to be crowned All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2008 winners. 25 September – It was announced that the Irish economy had officially entered recession in January 2008 for the first time since 1983.
Bambie Thug performed their rendition of ‘Doomsday Blue’ at the semi-finals in Malmo, Sweden