Leo Varadkar pitches suggestion for picking future Irish Eurovision entry

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has suggested that he would be in favour of a “national song contest” as a way of picking a Eurovision entry.

Speaking on Virgin Media’s The Tonight Show, Mr Varadkar suggested that there should be a broader “national song contest”.“I'm a Eurovision fan. For a country that won Eurovision seven times, to not have won for so long and not even to qualify for the past five years is a real disappointment. We're a great country when it comes to music and culture and the arts.

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