Ireland selects on Saturday 23rd February

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RTÉ Television has confirmed that the national final to select Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry will take place on Saturday February 23rd 2008.

According to allkindsofeverything.ie it is believed that the University Concert Hall in Limerick city would be the venue.

This wouldn't the first time that Limerick's University Hall has been the venue for the selection of Ireland's Eurovision entry. Back in 1994, the University Hall staged the National Song Contest, hosted by Pat Kenny and the song chosen on the night of March 13th, was Rock'n'Roll Kids sung by Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan. Two months later, the song went on to give Ireland a record breaking third successive Eurovision Song Contest victory, in Dublin's Point Theatre. Unlike 1994, when regional juries chose the Irish entry, the 2008 entry will be chosen by the public, from a selection of six songs.

RTÉ has also confirmed that around 150 entries have been submitted to its national selection process.


Source: RTE & All Kinds of Everything.

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