Midlands Songwriter Calls Out For Votes As Eurovision Kicks Off

Kilbeggan's Larissa Tormey is a writer on 'Laika Party'.

As we get ready for Eurovision to kick off in Basel in Switzerland tomorrow, people in Ireland will have two songs to cheer on. 

Croatia's entry has been written by a primary school teacher from Dublin. 

39-year-old Ben Pyne, from Balbriggan, is part of the team who wrote 'Poison Cake'.  

It will be performed by Marko Bosnjak in the first semi-final tomorrow night. 

Ireland's entry - 'Laika Party' by Emmy - is song three in Thursday's semi-final. 

Kilbeggan's Larissa Tormey, who is one of the five writers behind Ireland's entry song, has been speaking to Will Faulkner on Midlands Today: 

  

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