Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	8 March 1998
Selected entrant	Dawn Martin
Selected song	"Is Always Over Now?"
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 64 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1997 • 1998 • 1999►

Dawn Martin represented Ireland in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the national final selection. Her song "Is Always Over Now?" was one of eight songs presented in the national final, which was held on 8 March 1998 at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin. Pat Kenny hosted the event, and the winner was selected by regional juries.^[1]

Draw	Song	Performer	Points	Rank
1	"Is Always Over Now?"	Dawn Martin	95	1st
2	"Shine On"	Partners in Crime	63	5th
3	"Cold Shoulder"	Ray Doherty	39	8th
4	"Seol (Sail)"	The Vard Sisters	92	2nd
5	"Save this Dance for Me"	Family	57	6th
6	"Ina Measc (Among Them)"	Sean Monagahan	43	7th
7	"Make the Change"	The Carter Twins	77	4th
8	"Overload"	Jo Collins	84	3rd

Dawn performed 13th in the running order on the night of the contest. Paul Harrington, who won the contest for Ireland in 1994, performed backing vocals. "Is Always Over Now?" went on place 9th with 64 points.

Voting

Points Awarded to Ireland

Points Awarded to Ireland

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Romania  Turkey  United Kingdom	Macedonia	Hungary  Malta
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Norway  Slovakia		Croatia  Estonia  Germany  Poland   Switzerland	Portugal  Slovenia  Sweden

Points awarded by Ireland

12 points	Malta
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	Germany
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Israel
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Norway
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Estonia

References

1. "http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1998.html&date=2009-10-26+02:38:47