Irish Examiner view: Bring back Dustin the Turkey 

It may be time to adopt an approach which inclines more to performance art, which means only one thing — enlisting Dustin the Turkey once again. Picture: Kobpix

Gone are the great days of Irish participation in Eurovision, perhaps forever. The glorious nights watching Dana or Johnny Logan collect douze points — preferably at the expense of the Royaume-Uni — to win the title seem unlikely to return.

Irish contestants Wild Youth failed to make it into the top 10 of the acts in Tuesday’s first semi-final and were eliminated, removing direct Irish interest in the final.