McCauls blame block voting for Eurovision outcome

Eurovision hopefuls Donna and Joseph McCaul today blamed the practice of block voting for denying them a chance to represent Ireland in the final.

The brother-and-sister team, speaking to RTE radio today from Ukraine said that if the system of block-voting continued, Ireland would never again qualify.

Siblings Donna and Joseph McCaul, from Athlone, were among 25 acts hoping to progress from the semi-final last night.

However, their performance of the song 'Love?' was not included in the top 10 chosen by European viewers, who all go through to Saturday night's final.