In 1995 she joined the choir Anúna . She recorded two albums '' Omnis '' ( 1996 ) and '' Deep Dead Blue '' ( 1996 ) , featuring as a soloist on a number of tracks . She also toured internationally with the choir participating in performances in Spain , France and the UK . It was while singing with Anúna in St Patrick 's Cathedral in Dublin at Christmas 1995 that songwriter Brendan Graham heard her and invited her to sing his composition " The Voice " as Ireland 's entry for the Irish Eurosong competition . Her performance won , and she then travelled to Oslo and was victorious in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 . Quinn began touring solo , performing in Australia , America and all over Europe in venues including The Royal Albert Hall , The Sydney State Theatre and the Forest National Brussels . She also made many television appearances and also presented Television and Radio programming for RTÉ and TV3
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Eimear Quinn