‘There has definitely been bitterness on the Irish scene’ - man behind Ireland’s Eurovision entry on changing up songwriting in IrelandLast summer they held a Eurovision Song Contest Forum and invited key industry professionals, songwriters, and performers to RTE to meet with international Eurovision experts and RTE decision makers. The Nucleus is effectively a song factory, which pools the talents of multiple writers and producers on a single song. 'Together' was written by Ryan O'Shaughnessy and fellow Nucleus songwriters Laura Elizabeth Hughes and Mark Caplice in the course of two Eurovision songwriting camps run by Hamlet. "We've already been around Europe and Israel and we, in Ireland, have no idea how big Eurovision really is. Countries pick their best writers, best pop producers, best singers – they take it so seriously," says Hamlet, adding, "I think RTE were very, very wise in getting us involved.

Source: Irish Independent April 28, 2018 10:07 UTC