I care deeply, Irish culture is important and Eurovision is one of if not the greatest platform for showcasing cultures, we have sent nothing but bland identify less music for a long time I'm not begging for tin whistles and fiddle de dee bullshit
Irish culture was put down and shamed for centuries it should be promoted, nothing is Irish about Latin sounds
I very much disagree with you as an Irish person that's half Latin myself. The issue isn't with sending songs from diverse genres, it's from sending songs that are bland and stale and without an identity. I personally would feel very seen as a Latin person in Ireland to have an Irish Latin person be Ireland's representative on an international stage with a Latin style of song. Recognising that the Irish music industry is diverse and growing into so many different sounds, reflecting upon the increasing diversity of the country is something I would be ecstatic to see RTÉ, and ideally, the Irish public, reward diverse sounds from Irish artists - especially in the face of the far right's rising presence in the country over the past year.
We can show our culture and also recognise that other cultures now exist here as well, and giving them all the space to grow within the framework of a national final would be great. Hearing afro-fusion for the Czech Republic in 2020 and Norway in 2011 was amazing for example, why not some Latin music from Ireland? We had a band with Latin influences from Poland in 2004 as well. I still would prefer to send Bambie over Qbanaa, but I would have been ecstatic to have musical diversity outside of the Irish realm represented too.