Ireland will not participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and RTÉ will not broadcast the event, after the organiser cleared the way for Israel to partake. Public broadcasters in Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia confirmed they too will boycott the event.
In a statement on Thursday, RTÉ said it would be “unconscionable” for Ireland to partake in the event given the “appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there”.
We were joined on The Agenda this morning by People Before Profit TD, Paul Murphy, who fully supports RTE's decision to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest next year.
We were also joined by Independent Councillor in Navan, Alan Lawes, who brought forward a motion earlier this year calling on Meath County Council to consider all lawful sanctions it can take against the apartheid state of Israel in order to put pressure on them to stop the Genocide and forced starvation of the Palestinian people - Councillor Lawes also proposed that the council boycott all Coca Cola products because of their affiliation with Israel
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