NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.Gardaí released CCTV footage of a fatal arson attack on a house in Co Offaly last week in which a four-year-old boy and his ...

As summarised by the Björk fan account ‘My Name Isobel’: Björk shared on her social media today an appeal from Icelandic singer Pall Oskar urging the state broadcaster RUV to withdraw Iceland’s ...

A photographer takes a picture of a TV screen in Wiener Stadthalle, the venue of next year's Eurovision in Vienna, Austria, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger BERLIN, Dec 5 (Bernama-Anadolu) - ...

Ireland pulls out of Eurovision over Israel inclusion as BBC defends support and Iceland to decide next weekIreland should ‘take a year off [from Eurovision]… return stronger, and hopefully be in the ...

Iceland will discuss whether to participate in the Eurovision 2026 song contest after Israel was allowed to compete, Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir said Friday. Speaking at a joint ...

GENEVA — Public broadcasters in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia on Thursday pulled out of next year's Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to compete, putting ...

Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott Eurovision 2026 after Israel was cleared to compete in Vienna. The four public broadcasters say they cannot justify taking part due to the war ...

RUV, the Icelandic national broadcaster, has set a date for determining if Iceland will compete at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria. RUV’s Board will covene next week, ...

Several countries have withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest after Israel was allowed to take part in next year's event. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, Spain's RTVE and Ireland's RTE immediately ...