The Irish National Song Contest took place in RTE on 1st March, 1970 just 20 days before the Eurovision finals in Amsterdam, which Dana won with All Kinds of Everything.
Photograph above (from New Spotlight) was taken outside RTE studios in Donnybrook and features Dana on the bottom right. Other contestants in the photo are Anna McGoldrick, John McNally, Pat & Jean, Maxi, Dick & Twink, Tony O’Leary, We 4 & Tony Kenny.