Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Here Today Gone Tomorrow", written by Sally Keating, and performed by The Duskeys. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final.

"Here Today Gone Tomorrow" redirects here. For the Hitomi Yaida album, see Here Today – Gone Tomorrow. For the Ohio Players song, see Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. For the autobiography Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, see John Nott.

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Participating broadcaster	Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
Country	Ireland
Selection process	National Song Contest
Selection date	14 March 1982
Competing entry
Song	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
Artist	The Duskeys
Songwriter	Sally Keating
Placement
Final result	11th, 49 points
Participation chronology
◄1981 • 1982 • 1984►

Before Eurovision

National Song Contest

Eight finalists took part in the seventeenth edition of the National Contest on 14 March 1982 in Dublin, with the winner being chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries.

The winners, The Duskeys, previously took part in the 1981 National Song Contest performing as 'The Duskey Sisters' placing joint 3rd.

The interval act was Bucks Fizz, the 1981 British entrants and winners of Eurovision 1981.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	The Duskeys	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"	19	1
2	Iain Freeman	"Qu'il passe"	14	4
3	Chips	"Tissue of Lies"	2	8
4	Tony Kenny	"Wherever You Go"	8	6
5	Heads	"Goodbye to Loneliness"	10	5
6	Deuce of Hearts	"All Over Again"	15	3
7	Jody McStravick	"Is There Anyone Out There?"	17	2
8	Sheeba	"Go raibh maith agat"	3	7

Detailed Regional Jury Votes

Draw	Song	Dublin Regional	Letterkenny	Clonmel	Galway	Dundalk	Cork	Castlebar	Listowel	Cavan	Tullamore	Dublin Central	Total
1	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"		2	2		5	1		2	3		4	19
2	"Qu'il passe"	2	1	1		1	2	2	5				14
3	"Tissue of Lies"		1				1						2
4	"Wherever You Go"		1	1			3	2		1			8
5	"Goodbye to Loneliness"		1	1			1	3		2	1	1	10
6	"All Over Again"	2	2	1	2			1	1	1	2	3	15
7	"Is There Anyone Out There?"	4			6	2					5		17
8	"Go raibh maith agat"			2						1			3

At Eurovision

Ireland performed 17th. They finished 11th out of 18 with 49 points.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland[2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points  Yugoslavia 7 points  United Kingdom 6 points   Switzerland 5 points  Cyprus  Denmark  Sweden 4 points 3 points  Germany  Israel  Spain 2 points  Norway 1 point  Portugal  Turkey

Points awarded by Ireland[2] Score Country 12 points  Germany 10 points  Luxembourg 8 points   Switzerland 7 points  United Kingdom 6 points  Norway 5 points  Austria 4 points  Belgium 3 points  Sweden 2 points  Portugal 1 point  Denmark