Limerick artist bidding to represent Ireland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest

LIMERICK artist NIYL has been announced as one of the acts bidding to represent Ireland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Basel, Switzerland in May this year.
 
NIYL, better know to many in his native Limerick as Niall O'Halloran, has an entry entitled Growth.

NIYL mixes a unique blend of emotionally fuelled vocals with an electronic sound to deliver a powerful, cinematic; original works. Inspired by artists including London Grammar, Woodkid and Yebba, NIYL has ambitions to establish a new sound within the Irish music industry. A lyricist who draws inspiration from his upbringing in the west of Ireland and the dramatic landscapes of the coast, NIYL writes as a means of catharsis, channelling emotions through word and song.

NIYL’s ambition is to shed light on the challenges and thrills that come with being ‘queer in the county’. As a queer Irish artist, NIYL’s songs look to amplify queer culture in the Irish music industry with his music. NIYL is currently in the midst of releasing his debut album Parish Is Burning which is being released across 2025. 

As a solo artist, NIYL has joined the National Geographic Concert Orchestra as a lead vocalist for their award winning Symphony for our World and has performed as a headline act at Irish festivals Doolin Folk Fest, Live on Air and Go Tobann. Overseas, in 2018 NIYL joined Tony winning songstress Cynthia Erivo for a week-long residency in St James’s Theatre, London - performing the works of composer Scott Alan. As a backing vocalist NIYL has performed alongside many internationally acclaimed artists including Rufus Wainwright and Dermot Kennedy.

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All six finalists have now been confirmed for The Late Late Eurosong Special with Bobbi Arlo, Reylta, Adgy, Samantha Mumba, EMMY, and NIYL hoping to get the opportunity to represent Ireland on the biggest stage and bring home Eurovision 2025.

The contenders will battle it out on The Late Late Eurosong Special on Friday, February 7 at 9:35pm on RTÉ One, where they will face a combination of the National Jury, International Jury, and public vote. Each artist will perform their song, selected from hundreds of entries received by RTÉ following a callout for submissions last year.

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be held in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland after Nemo took home the trophy for Switzerland in 2024. Two Eurovision Semi-Finals will take place on Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 15 with the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final taking place on Saturday, May 17.