Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country	Ireland
National preselection
Preselection process	National Final
Preselection date(s)	25 February 2001
Selected entrant	Gary O'Shaughnessy
Selected song	Without Your Love
Finals performance
Semi-final result	N/A
Final result	21st of 23 (6 points)

Gary O'Shaughnessy represented Ireland in the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen after winning the national final selection. O'Shaughnessy had previously competed in the 1997 and 1999 national selections, coming in 3rd and 5th place respectively. His song "Without Your Love" was one of seven songs presented in the national final, which was held on 25 February 2001 at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin. Louise Loughman hosted the event, and regional televoting was used to determine the winner.^[1]

Though O'Shaughnessy won with the most points from the televoting regions, he only received the third highest number of televotes overall, with 11,653. Runners-up InFocus received the most votes, with 13,356, and third-placed Fe-Mail received 12,271. O'Shaughnessy performed 12th in the running order on the night of the contest. "Without Your Love" went on to place 21st with 6 points, and was Ireland worst result in the contest at the time. This poor result led to Ireland's relegation from the 2002 contest in Estonia.

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