Draft:Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Ireland is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Irish-language broadcaster TG4 will organise the national final Junior Eurovision Éire 2024 in order to select the Irish artist for the 2024 contest.

Background
Prior to the 2024 contest, Ireland had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its debut in ; TG4 originally intended to make their debut, but required funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was rejected. Ireland first entered the top ten in, when Zena Donnelly represented the country with "Bríce ar bhríce" and ended up in 10th place out of 17 entries with 122 points; this would remain as Ireland's only top ten entry and its best result until , when Sophie Lennon represented it with the song "Solas" and finished 4th with 150 points. In, Jessica McKean competed for Ireland with the song "Aisling", which contained uncredited live vocals from the aforementioned Lennon and ended up in 16th (last) place with 42 points; this marked the first last place result for Ireland.

Unlike the Irish participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, which is managed by the Irish national broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the responsibility of broadcasting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest within Ireland and organising the selection of the nation's entry falls on TG4, which broadcasts exclusively in the Irish language.

Junior Eurovision Éire 2024
TG4 confirmed its intention to participate in the 2024 contest on 5 March 2024, also revealing that it would once again use the national selection format Junior Eurovision Éire 2024, co-produced with Adare Productions, to select its artist, and opened the submission process for interested artists aged between nine and fourteen. Changes to the format of Junior Eurovision Éire 2024 were also anticipated, such as lowering the number of competitors to ten. Filming for the selection commenced in Dublin in early June 2024.