<Table> <Tr> <Td> ◄ 2017 </Td> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ◄ 2017 </Td> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Together", performed by Ryan O'Shaughnessy and written by himself, Mark Caplice and Laura Elizabeth Hughes . The song and the singer were internally selected in January 2018 by the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to represent the nation at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal . </P> <P> Ireland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2018 . He sang in 18th position and successfully qualified for the final, marking the country's first qualification since the 2013 Contest . </P>

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