Marty Whelan encouraged his son Thomas to change his career and says he is proud of him for following his dreams.
Read more: Where is RTE's Marty Whelan? Replacement presenter confirmed as legendary star goes off air “It could be a long road, but it’s a road he wants to travel, and obviously we’re going to support him because he's our child. “If you follow a dream and you get to work at what you want to do and you love it, then it’s not work - you just do what you enjoy and everything else that comes with that is a bonus.“To me, following your dreams in life is vital so that’s what I’m encouraging Thomas to do.”
“You put forward the best song you have and you go with it and hope for the best. The song that won for Italy last year bears no relationship to Portugal’s winning song three years ago.” “Brooke is fabulous and her song is so different. I think that’s a good thing for us, that we’re sending someone over to perform something really different compared to what we usually do,” he said.