Red Hurley He is still having chart hits in the 21st century giving him one of the longest chart careers in Irish show-business history. In 1976 Hurley represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest. Though one of the early favourites to win the contest, his song was beaten on the night by the strong UK entry "Brotherhood of Man" with their song, "Save Your Kisses for Me". Red's song "When" became a major chart hit in Ireland and is still popular today with Eurovision fans and regularly included in Red's live shows. 'When' was written by Brendan Graham, who subsequently composed two
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 as a member of the group Chips. On the night of the final Hurley performed 7th in the running order, following Belgium and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of voting, "When" had picked up 54 points, placing Ireland 10th of the 18 entries. Ireland received one maximum 12 from Italy, which the Irish jury reciprocated by awarding their 12 to the Italian song – oddly, neither country received a maximum vote from any other national jury. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 Ireland was represented by Red Hurley, with the song '"When", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest,