The year is 1971. Dana's "All Kinds of Everything" had won the 1970 contest and RTÉ was readying itself to hold the contest in Dublin, to be presented by Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir (above). Dana’s song was Ireland’s first winner in the contest’s then 14 year history so this was a Very Big Deal. The only problem, as Morgan Wait explains, was that the broadcaster was broke. "The station was already struggling financially due to falling advertising revenue, increased radio hours and increased payroll expenses. In order to hold a successful contest - and film the event and broadcast it in colour - RTÉ needed to make cuts elsewhere and this did not amount simply to cutting a few corners" https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0513/1217976-rte-1971-eurovision-colour/