Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Dawn Martin represented Ireland in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Is Always Over Now?".
| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| Country |  Ireland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 8 March 1998 | |||
| Selected entrant | Dawn Martin | |||
| Selected song | "Is Always Over Now?" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 64 points | |||
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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 | |||||
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| 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 |
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| 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
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Ireland
| 12 points |  Malta |
| 10 points |  Netherlands |
| 8 points |  Germany |
| 7 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| 6 points |  Israel |
| 5 points |  United Kingdom |
| 4 points |  Norway |
| 3 points |  Croatia |
| 2 points |  Sweden |
| 1 point |  Estonia |
References
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