The national final was held in the University Concert Hall in Limerick on 13 March 1994. TV broadcaster and Eurovision Song Contest 1988 co-presenter Pat Kenny hosted the event. The eight songs presented were then voted on by ten regional juries.^[1]

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Henry Winter	"Remember Heaven"	56	6
2	Orna McNamara	"Crystal Eyes"	87	2
3	Nightshade	"Open Your Heart"	48	7
4	Darren Holden	"After Tonight"	81	3
5	Robyn Grant	"Time To Decide"	59	5
6	Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan	"Rock 'n' Roll Kids"	110	1
7	Fiona Kennedy	"Ní scaoilfidh mé leat go deo"	47	8
8	Anne Buckley	"I Won't Surrender"	62	4

Charlie McGettigan had previously competed in Ireland's national final selection in 1984 and 1987, placing third both times.

At Eurovision

"Rock 'n' Roll Kids" was performed third in the running order on the night of the contest, following Finland and preceding Cyprus. The song went on to win the contest with 226 points, a 60-point lead over runner-up Poland.^[2] This was Ireland's third win in a row, and sixth overall. Both were Eurovision records - no country had previously managed to win three years in a row.

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Croatia Germany Iceland Netherlands Norway Portugal Russia Switzerland
10 points	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Hungary Lithuania Spain Sweden United Kingdom
8 points	Cyprus France Poland Romania
7 points	Finland
6 points	Slovakia
5 points	Malta
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Ireland^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Hungary
10 points	Malta
8 points	Portugal
7 points	Poland
6 points	Iceland
5 points	Germany
4 points	Russia
3 points	Norway
2 points	France
1 point	United Kingdom

References

^ "https://web.archive.org/web/20091022072256/http://geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1994.html
^ "Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"22" "All Kinds of Everything" "Born to Sing" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Come Back to Stay" "Could It Be That I'm in Love" "Cross Your Heart" "Do I Dream" "Doomsday Blue" "Dreamin'" "Dying to Try" "Et Cetera" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Happy Man" "Heartbeat" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" "Hold Me Now" "Horoscopes" "If I Could Choose" "If My World Stopped Turning" "In Your Eyes" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Is Always Over Now?" "It's for You" "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" "Lipstick" "Love?" "Maps" "Millennium of Love" "Mysterious Woman" "One Day Love" "Only Love Survives" "Playing with Numbers" "The Real Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Somewhere in Europe" ~~"Story of My Life"~~ "Sunlight" "Take Him Home" "Terminal 3" "That's Rich" "That's What Friends Are For" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Together" "The Voice" "The Wages of Love" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Waterline" "We Are One" "We've Got the World" "What's Another Year" "When" "When You Need Me" "Why Me?" "Without Your Love" "You Can Count On Me"
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Countries	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Artists	Alejandro Abad Willeke Alberti Alma and Dejan Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare Kostas Bigalis and the Sea Lovers Dan Bittman CatCat Tony Cetinski Duilio Martin Ďurinda and Tublatanka Evridiki Friderika Petra Frey Edyta Górniak Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan Mekado Nina Morato Frances Ruffelle Sara Sigga Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna Silvi Vrait Ovidijus Vyšniauskas Youddiph
Songs	"Bye Bye Baby" "Chamar a música" "Dincolo de nori" "Duett" "Ella no es ella" "Für den Frieden der Welt" "Ime anthropos ki ego" "Je suis un vrai garçon" "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" "Lopšinė mylimai" "More than Love" "Nætur" "Nagu merelaine" "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" "Nekonečná pieseň" "Ostani kraj mene" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Stjärnorna" "Sto pregando" "To nie ja!" "To trehandiri (Diri Diri)" "Vechny strannik" "Waar is de zon" "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" "Wir geben 'ne Party"