Background
His mother is Sonia Mitrovich, daughter of actor and poet Marta Mitrovich (1909-2002).
His mother is Sonia Mitrovich, daughter of actor and poet Marta Mitrovich (1909-2002).
The winning song in the competition was "Rock "n" Roll Kids". The music and lyrics for the song were written by Brendan Graham. Harrington returned to Eurovision in 1998, backing Dawn Martin when she performed "Is Always Over Now" at the contest in Birmingham.
He was not named at the contest as one of the performers.
In 1991, Harrington released an album entitled What I"d Say comprising twelve tracks, of which he wrote or co-wrote five. The album was released on the Eaton Records label.
Harrington performed as a vocalist in the Michael Flatley production Celtic Tiger and performs on the Irish radio station RTÉ 2fm and occasionally on the Irish television network Radio Telefís Éireann. In May 2008 Harrington released A Collection, an 18 track compilation of Paul"s favorite recordings.
lieutenant included a new version if "What I"d Say" which he debuted on RTÉ"s "Late Late Show".
lieutenant also included a recording of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes" "Wake up Everybody" which was intended to be released as a single in October 2008. In June 2009, Harrington married Karol Sadlier. In March 2010 Paul released his album "Songs" which contains new recordings of songs from his favourite songwriters.
The album includes versions of "Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel, "Easy" by Lionel Richie and "The Island" by Paul Brady.
The album was produced by Chris O" Brien and Graham Murphy and is released on Stereolex Records.