Sir, – In December 2025 RTÉ announced that due to Israel’s ongoing participation in the contest, it was withdrawing from Eurovision 2026. RTÉ stated that it would neither participate in, nor broadcast, the contest on RTÉ One.
Yet since then, entertainment articles and reporting on the event continue to be released by RTÉ ad nauseam. I also note that their arts and media correspondent is reporting from Vienna. Why?
Where did the boycott line start and end? There is a double standard in not participating or broadcasting, yet continuing to report on the entertainment side of the event. Based on these confusing RTÉ standards, would it not have been best to just send Dustin again? – Yours, etc,
NEVAN McCARTIN,
RM Block
Roscommon Town,
Co Roscommon.
