Irish hit high note at Eurovision party

SO, we didn’t win. But hey, nobody told the Irish.

God only knows what the party would have been like if we had finished ahead of the rest. Chants of 'Mickey Joe, Mickey Joe, Mickey Joe' resounded around Skonto Hall, long after all the other supporters had left the building.

And the 300-strong Irish troop burst into renditions of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and 'You'll Never Beat the Irish' sending a clear message to Mickey Harte and the entire Irish contingent that everyone was proud of his performance.