Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 9

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 9 with the song "No excuses" written by Colin Tilley. The song was performed by Meghan Trainor. The Irish entry for the ninth contest in Gdańsk, Poland was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn 9, 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, "No excuses" performed by Meghan Trainor 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 	Alice Merton 	"No roots" 	10 	12 	10 	8 	12 	8 	60 	2
02 	Demi Lovato 	"Cool for the summer"	8 	7 	6 	7 	8 	7 	43 	4
03 	Janet Devlin 	"Wonderful" 	1 	1 	2 	2 	1 	3 	10 	10
04 	ENYA 	"May it be" 	5 	5 	5 	5 	6 	5 	31 	6
05 	Meghan Trainor	"No excuses" 	12 	10 	12 	12 	10 	12 	68 	1
06 	The Saturdays 	"Not giving up" 	4 	6 	7 	6 	5 	6 	34 	5
07 	Greywind 	"Circle" 	3 	3 	1 	3 	3 	4 	17 	8
08 	Leona Lewis 	"I see you" 	2 	2 	3 	1 	2 	1 	11 	9
09 	P!nk 	"Beautiful trauma" 	7 	8 	8 	10 	7 	10 	50 	3
10 	Bonzai 	"I did" 	6 	4 	4 	4 	4 	2 	24 	7