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"Born to sing" - Colm C.T. Wilkinson
The Irish Final was held on March 5th at the RTE TV Studios in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 10 regional juries.
| 1 | You gotta get up | Reform | 7 | 5th |
| 2 | Over again | Jamie Stone | 4 | 7th |
| 3 | It's amazing what love can do | Sheeba | 6 | 6th |
| 4 | Lonely now | Danny Doyle | 1 | 8th |
| 5 | Happy days | Chips | 8 | 4th |
| 6 | Born to sing | Colm C.T. Wilkinson | 46 | 1st |
| 7 | All fall down | Gemma Craven | 12 | 3rd |
| 8 | You put the love in my heart | Staace | 16 | 2nd |
Colm C.T. Wilkinson had previously come 3rd in the 1977 Irish Final. At the Eurovision he came 5th. One of the members of Sheeba was Maxi who had represented Ireland in 1973.