RTÉ
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Also written as: the Irish broadcaster · the national broadcaster
Involved in
- Martin Green regretted but respected RTÉ’s decision to boycott Eurovision.
- RTÉ announced that it would not participate in the 2027 Eurovision competition.
- Broadcasters decide annually whether to participate in the following year’s contest; the EBU will remain in dialogue with RTÉ and hopes to welcome RTÉ back in the future.
Statements attributed to it
- RTÉ announced that it would not participate in the 2027 Eurovision competition.
restatement · zero weight
- Ireland will boycott Eurovision for the second year running over the appalling ongoing killing in Gaza.
restatement · zero weight
- Ireland’s participation cannot be justified given the appalling and ongoing loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there, which continues to put the lives of many civilians at risk.
restatement · zero weight
Voices are counted, never weighed. This is a record of what this entity has been recorded as saying — not a measure of whether it is right.
Origin: first recognised while reading Ireland to boycott Eurovision again over Israeli participation and ongoing Gaza deaths · 2026-09-18 08:25