Ireland qualify for first Eurovision final in five years

Ireland have qualified for the Eurovision final for the first time since 2013.

Ireland has made it through to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest – for the first time since 2013.

Former Britain’s Got Talent star Ryan O’Shaughnessy succeeded in getting through to the next stage after singing his ballad Together, about the end of a love affair, at the semi-final in Lisbon.