Original sentence: In 2002 Ireland were relegated from the Contest for one year; despite this RTÉ broadcast the Contest and sent a commentator (the rules in use at the time meant that a country who wanted to take part had to show the previous year's Contest).The same fate befell Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy in the 2009 semi-final on May 14
Edited sentence: In 2002 Ireland were relegated from the Contest for one year; despite this RTÉ broadcast the Contest and sent a commentator.The same fate swallowed up Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy in the 2009 semi-final on May 14.This is possibly due to their pointless appearances in the controversial semi-final phase