The head of Ireland's Eurovision team has said that RTÉ needs more funding in order to flourish in the competition once again, after Ireland failed to qualify for the Grand Final.
Michael Kealy spoke to Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1 following Wild Youth and Ireland's exit at the competition's semi-final stage on Tuesday night, marking the fourth unsuccessful attempt to qualify in a row for the country.
Mr Kealy said, in his opinion, RTÉ is "chronically underfunded" in recent years, which he felt has shown when the country attempts to put on "entertainment shows", the Irish Independent reported.
