Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 7

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 7 with the song "House of cards" written by Janet Devlin. The song was performed by Janet Devlin herself. The Irish entry for the seventh contest in Shköder, Albania was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn 7, organised by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). An initial 10 entries competed in the national final which consisted of one show: the final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes of a five-member judging panel as well as the votes from the public. In the final, "House of cards" performed by Janet Devlin was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a jury-vote.
==Is é seo cad is maith linn==
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	N. Byrne	Can-Linn	J. Logan	B. Kennedy	Jedward	Public	Total	Result
01 	ENYA 	"May it be" 	7 	4 	5 	5 	5 	5 	31 	6
02 	Chloë Agnew 	"To where you are" 	1 	1 	1 	2 	1 	2 	8 	10
03 	Celtic Woman ft Oonagh 	"Tír na nóg" 	2 	2 	2 	1 	2 	1 	10 	9
04 	The Saturdays 	"Not giving up" 	8 	8 	12 	10 	10 	10 	58 	2
05 	Tulisa 	"Young" 	4 	3 	3 	3 	4 	3 	20 	8
06 	Clare Maguire 	"The shield and the sword"	3 	5 	4 	4 	3 	4 	23 	7
07 	Bonzai 	"I did" 	6 	7 	8 	7 	6 	7 	41 	4
08 	Demi Lovato ft. Jax Jones	"Instruction" 	10 	12 	7 	8 	8 	12 	57 	3
09 	Aine Cahill 	"The pictures" 	5 	6 	6 	6 	7 	6 	36 	5
10 	Janet Devlin 	"House of cards" 	12 	10 	10 	12 	12 	8 	64 	1