In November , RTÉ announced the five mentors who would work with contestants in Eurosong 2013 : Today FM presenter Mairead Farrell , songwriter Shay Healy , radio presenter Mark McCabe , songwriter Niall Mooney and producer Stuart O’Connor . Three of the judges had previous experience with Eurovision : Shay Healy composed " What 's Another Year ? " , the winning song for Ireland in Eurovision 1980 and contributed lyrics to Latvia 's 2012 entry " Beautiful Song " ; Niall Mooney co-wrote Irish Eurovision entries " Et Cetera " for Eurovision 2009 and " It 's For You " for 2010 ; and Stuart O'Connor choreographed and produced the Eurovision performances for Jedward in 2011 and 2012
Eurovision 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013