Ireland tenth to a Eurovision klingon

FORGET about that investment opportunity in Bulgaria and scrap plans for that lazy break in Spain, Cyprus or Turkey.

They’re countries oft frequented by the fun-loving Irish, but delivered the ultimate snub with ‘nul points’ for Brian Kennedy on Saturday night for what was our best Eurovision performance in years.

Monaco was most generous, giving Brian Kennedy’s own composition ‘Every Song Is A Cry For Love’ ten points. Britain gave us eight, a score which we matched. But Belgium, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovnia and Albania were among the handful to snub our entry. France threw us a few crumbs, and just one point. In typical Eurovision style, the Baltic countries stuck together, as did the Balkans.