There will also be an exclusive eurovision 2020 performance from Lesley Roy.

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So we’re going to have an election for the office of the presidency. That’s very good news. As of now, it’s likely to be a two-candidate race, with a strong possibility of a third (maybe even a fourth) comingthrough the local authority route. That’s better.

Thirty years ago, a woman called Dana captured the hearts of a small island by winning a European singing contest, writes Ronan Jennings. 

There is an old Chinese proverb to the effect that the best way to eat an elephant is in small pieces. This analogy should equally be applied to budgetary policy, writes Jim Power

Cliff Richard and X Factor judge Louis Walsh have offered support to the brother of singer Dana Rosemary Scallon as he threatens legal action against police and the media for their handling of sex abuse allegations.

Caoilian Sherlock is a musician and artist based in Cork city who triples up as a DJ as well as being one of the organisers of the Quarter Block Party. That arts and music festival takes place around North Main and South Main streets this weekend.

Former presidential candidate and Eurovision song contest winner Dana Rosemary Scallon has denied claims by her sister and a niece that she defamed them when asked about allegations of sexual abuse made against Ms Scallon’s brother John.

It has been a few years since Tiernan O’Halloran did his Leaving Certificate but there must have been a real sense of “here we go again” when the Connacht full-back earned his promotion to Ireland camp for this tour to South Africa.

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In his second book, Dave Goulson takes us to France in what is part autobiography, part tract, and a rousing read on insects, pets, and pandas, writes Tommy Barker.

Eurovision is 60 years on the go and there’s no sign of its popularity waning. How did it become a cultural juggernaut and how can we get back on top, wonders Arlene Harris.

Johnny Logan, still the undisputed king of the Eurovision stage belted out not one but two winning songs — ‘What’s Another Year’ in 1980 and ‘Hold me Now’ in 1987. And in between those dates, he wasn’t sitting on his laurels as his composition ‘Why Me’ performed by Linda Martin in 1992 earned us another accolade thanks to the white-suited performer.

Love it or loathe it, the Eurovision is back next month. To mark the occassion, we are looking back at our record-breaking seven winners to see how life after the Eurovision has treated them.

Rolling Stone magazine retracted a widely discredited article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia after a top journalism school issued a scathing report concluding that it had failed to meet proper journalistic standards.

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Dana? Or are you more of a Johhny Logan fan? But which Logan song?!

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HOW ironic that the company charged with decontaminating our water supply is now the most contaminated brand of the moment.

There are reports this morning that Dana is claiming she was attacked by her elderly sister in a toilet in the US, and has reported the alleged incident to the police.

Eurovision Song Contest winner and former Irish presidential candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon broke down in tears as her brother walked free from court after he was cleared of historic sex abuse charges.

John Brown, Dana's brother, has been cleared at Harrow Crown Court of five counts of historic sex abuse.

John Brown, the brother of Dana Rosemary Scallon, has been cleared of two charges of historic sexual abuse.

A jury is continuing to consider its verdicts for a third day in the sex abuse case against the brother of Eurovision Song Contest winner and former presidential candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon.

A jury is continuing to consider its verdicts in the sex abuse case against the brother of Eurovision Song Contest winner and former presidential candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon.

A jury has been sent out to consider its verdicts in the sex abuse case against the brother of Eurovision Song Contest winner and former presidential candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon.

Eurovision Song Contest winner and former presidential candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon covered up her brother’s sexual abuse of two under-age girls for decades, a court has been told.

Former presidential candidate and MEP Dana Rosemary Scallon broke down in tears in a London court as she refuted allegations she had covered up sex abuse allegations made against her brother 30 years ago.

A video promoting Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride Parade featuring Israeli transsexual star Dana International dancing suggestively in a synagogue in front of children has been taken offline after the parents of one of the youngsters claimed they did not provide consent to participate.

Ireland last night went out of the Eurovision Song Contest at the semi-final stage, the first time since 2009 that the country has failed to make the final.

At 70, Julio Iglesias has never lost his passion for performing, says Gerry Quinn.

Breaking Bad, Gatsby and Game of Thrones have all inspired baby names in the UK this year, while the desire not to be seen as a “Kate copycat” had led to a decline in the popularity of royal names, according to website BabyCentre.

Willie Supple got Dana’s Present up in the last stride to grab the spoils in a three-way photo finish to the Clipper Logistics Leger Legends Stakes at Doncaster yesterday.

Charles Haughey was only “mildly impressed” by Mary McAleese as President and, three years before his death, made disparaging remarks about Bertie Ahern’s intelligence.

'Glee' has been renewed for two more seasons.

THERE’S something in the air in Derry. The great city of St Columcille is the first UK City of Culture, a cultural extravaganza that began in January and will extend all year.

The Justin Bieber murder plot phone call has been released.