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| Statistics | |
| Member station | RTÉ |
| Appearances | 53 |
| First participation | 1965 |
| Best result | 1st: 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 |
| Worst result | 15th: SF 2008, SF 2016 |
| Year | Artist | Song | Semi-final placing |
Final placing |
| 1965 | Butch Moore | Walking the Streets in the Rain | 6th | |
| 1966 | Dickie Rock | Come Back to Stay | 4th | |
| 1967 | Sean Dunphy | If I Could Choose | 2nd | |
| 1968 | Pat McGeegan | Chance of a Lifetime | 4th | |
| 1969 | Muriel Day | The Wages of Love | 7th | |
| 1970 | Dana | All Kinds of Everything | 1st | |
| 1971 | Angela Farrell | One Day Love | 11th | |
| 1972 | Sandie Love | Ceol an ghrá | 15th | |
| 1973 | Maxi | Do I Dream | 10th | |
| 1974 | Tina Reynolds | Cross Your Heart | 7th | |
| 1975 | The Swarbriggs | That’s What Friends Are For | 9th | |
| 1976 | Red Hurley | When | 10th | |
| 1977 | The Swarbriggs Plus Two | It’s Nice to Be in Love Again | 3rd | |
| 1978 | Colm C. T. Wilkinson | Born to Sing | 5th | |
| 1979 | Cathal Dunne | Happy Man | 5th | |
| 1980 | Johnny Logan | What’s Another Year | 1st | |
| 1981 | Sheeba | Horoscopes | 5th | |
| 1982 | The Duskeys | Here Today Gone Tomorrow | 11th | |
| 1984 | Linda Martin | Terminal 3 | 2nd | |
| 1985 | Maria Christian | Wait Until the Weekend Comes | 6th | |
| 1986 | Luv Bug | You Can Count On Me | 4th | |
| 1987 | Johnny Logan | Hold Me Now | 1st | |
| 1988 | Jump the Gun | Take Him Home | 8th | |
| 1989 | Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers | The Real Me | 18th | |
| 1990 | Liam Reilly | Somewhere in Europe | 2nd | |
| 1991 | Kim Jackson | Could It Be That I’m in Love | 10th | |
| 1992 | Linda Martin | Why Me? | 1st | |
| 1993 | Niamh Kavanagh | In Your Eyes | 1st | |
| 1994 | Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan | Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids | 1st | |
| 1995 | Eddie Friel | Dreamin’ | 14th | |
| 1996 | Eimear Quinn | The Voice | 1st | |
| 1997 | Marc Roberts | Mysterious Woman | 2nd | |
| 1998 | Dawn Martin | Is Always Over Now? | 9th | |
| 1999 | The Mullans | When You Need Me | 17th | |
| 2000 | Eamonn Toal | Millennium of Love | 6th | |
| 2001 | Gary O’Shaughnessy | Without Your Love | 21st | |
| 2003 | Mickey Harte | We’ve Got the World | 11th | |
| 2004 | Chris Doran | If My World Stopped Turning | – | 23rd |
| 2005 | Donna & Joe | Love? | 14th | – |
| 2006 | Brian Kennedy | Every Song Is a Cry for Love | 9th | 10th |
| 2007 | Dervish | They Can’t Stop the Spring | – | 24th |
| 2008 | Dustin the Turkey | Irelande Douze Pointe | 15th (SF1) | – |
| 2009 | Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy | Et Cetera | 11th (SF2) | – |
| 2010 | Niamh Kavanagh | It’s for You | 9th (SF2) | 23rd |
| 2011 | Jedward | Lipstick | 8th (SF2) | 8th |
| 2012 | Jedward | Waterline | 6th (SF1) | 19th |
| 2013 | Ryan Dolan | Only Love Survives | 8th (SF1) | 26th |
| 2014 | Can-Linn feat. Kasey Smith | Heartbeat | 12th (SF2) | – |
| 2015 | Molly Sterling | Playing With Numbers | 12th (SF2) | – |
| 2016 | Nicky Byrne | Sunlight | 15th (SF2) | – |
| 2017 | Brendan Murray | Dying to Try | 13th (SF2) | – |
| 2018 | Ryan O’Shaughnessy | Together | 6th (SF1) | 16th |
| 2019 | Sarah McTernan | 22 | 18th (SF2) | – |
Non-Participating Entries
| Year | Singer | Song |
| 2020 | Lesley Roy | Story of My Life |
National Finals
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2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015
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