No sunlight for Ireland as Nicky Byrne knocked out at Eurovision semi final

Ireland’s Eurovision dreams ended prematurely for yet another year as former Westlife singer Nicky Byrne’s failed to make it out of last night’s semi-final.

On the 20th anniversary of Ireland’s last win in the competition with Eimear Quinn’s ‘The Voice’, and with unquestionable big-stage experience in the form of Byrne, this should have been Ireland’s chance to get to a Eurovision final for the first time since Ryan Dolan in 2013.

Add to what should have been a recipe for success was the fact that , among the co-writers of Byrne’s song ‘Sunlight’, was Wayne Hector who penned seven of Westlife’s number 1s.