Ireland, winning-wise, is the most successful country in the Eurovision to date, alongside Sweden. Ireland holds a joint record of seven wins since 1970 including two wins for Johnny Logan, but the United Kingdom have accumulated more points overall.
Ireland has only missed two contests, 1983 in Munich (due to financial problems at RTÉ) and 2002 in Tallinn (due to relegation). All entries have been performed in English with the exception of 1972, which was performed in Irish instead. They also used one of the smallest host cities for Eurovision, Millstreet, which hosted the 1993 contest in County Cork.
The country has never received Nul Points in the competition despite being last twice and being relegated only once.
Since the introduction of the semi-finals, the country has finished last in the finals twice (2007 and 2013) and missed out on qualifying for the finals on eleven occasions (2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023).
In 2024, they managed to get their best result since 2000 and break their non qualification streak, when Bambie Thug performed Doomsday Blue, reaching 6th place in the final.
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