Taoiseach hails Bambie Thug: ‘It’s time to bring Eurovision back to Ireland’

Bambie Thug of Ireland performs the song Doomsday Blue during the first semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden (Martin Meissner/AP)

Taoiseach Simon Harris has hailed Bambie Thug and said it is “time to bring the Eurovision back to Ireland”.

The Cork-born performer, 31, became the first Irish act to qualify for the grand final since 2018.