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Dawn Martin represented Ireland in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Is Always Over Now? ".
Before Eurovision
National final
The final took place on 8 March 1998 at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin , hosted by Pat Kenny . Eight entries competed in the final and the winner, "Is Always Over Now? " performed by Dawn Martin , was determined by the votes of ten regional juries.[1]
Final – 8 March 1998
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Dawn Martin
"Is Always Over Now? "
Gerry Morgan
95
1
2
Partners in Crime
"Shine On"
Niall O'Brien-Moran
63
5
3
Ray Doherty
"Cold Shoulder"
Ray Doherty
39
8
4
The Vard Sisters
"Seol (Sail)"
Liam Lawton
92
2
5
Family
"Save This Dance for Me"
Danny Sheerin, Des Sheerin
57
6
6
Sean Monagahan
"Ina Measc (Among Them)"
Sean Monagahan
43
7
7
The Carter Twins
"Make the Change"
Ronan Keating
77
4
8
Jo Collins
"Overload"
Jo Collins
84
3
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Athlone
Cork
Dingle
Dublin
Dundalk
Galway
Limerick
Maghery
Sligo
Waterford
Total
1
"Is Always Over Now? "
12
12
10
12
7
10
12
6
8
6
95
2
"Shine On"
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
5
7
8
63
3
"Cold Shoulder"
3
4
3
3
4
5
4
4
4
5
39
4
"Seol (Sail)"
7
8
12
8
10
8
5
12
10
12
92
5
"Save This Dance for Me"
6
5
5
4
8
4
8
8
5
4
57
6
"Ina Measc (Among Them)"
4
3
4
5
3
12
3
3
3
3
43
7
"Make the Change"
10
10
7
7
5
6
6
10
6
10
77
8
"Overload"
8
7
8
10
12
3
10
7
12
7
84
At Eurovision
Dawn performed 13th in the running order on the night of the contest . Paul Harrington , who won the contest for Ireland in 1994 , performed backing vocals. "Is Always Over Now? " went on to place 9th with 64 points.
Points awarded to Ireland
Points awarded to Ireland
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Ireland
References
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"A holnap már nem lesz szomorú "
"Aava "
"Alltid sommer "
"Dis oui "
"Diva "
"Eu cred "
"Genesis "
"Guildo hat euch lieb! "
"Hemel en aarde "
"Is Always Over Now?"
"Kärleken är "
"Lass ihn "
"Mere lapsed "
"Mia krifi evaisthisia "
"Modlitba "
"Naj bogovi slišijo "
"Ne zori, zoro "
"Neka mi ne svane "
"The One That I Love"
"Où aller "
"¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti? "
"Se eu te pudesse abraçar "
"To takie proste "
"Unutamazsın "
"Where Are You? "