On 31 January 2018 , O'Shaughnessy was announced as the Irish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song " Together " . His entry was co-written by O'Shaughnessy with Mark Caplice and Laura Elizabeth Hughes . The song and the artist were internally selected in January 2018 by the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ ) to represent the country at the 2018 contest in Lisbon , Portugal . O'Shaughnessy qualified for the final , after finishing sixth in semi-final 1 with 179 points , making it the first time Ireland qualified to the finals since 2013 with Ryan Dolan
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Ryan O'Shaughnessy