Hopes Malmo magic will secure victory for Ryan
Much like Britain’s entry, Welsh warbler Bonnie Tyler, the Irish are holding out for a hero, and it could come in the form of the leather-clad Tyrone 27-year-old and his bare-chested and buffed up bodhrán players.
However, while the former window-fitter himself has said that ‘Only Love Survives’ is Ireland’s best song in a long time, Ryan still faces dual challenges of the warped inter-country bloc voting and the nerves of having to wait to perform as the last of the 26 acts at Sweden’s Malmo Arena.