Abhann Productions, the company that owns the Riverdance franchise, recorded pre-tax profits of just over €700,000 for its past financial year, having recorded losses of more than €500,000 in 2013.

The firm’s directors, including original creators, former RTE producers, John McColgan and Moya Doherty, have shared in payments of €1.6m over the past two years.

Abhann Productions has generated revenues of close to €400m over the past 14 years and been viewed by more than 23 million people worldwide.

The show has maintained its popularity 21 years after it debuted at the 1994 Eurovision in Dublin - last year the production travelled to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, the UK and back to Ireland.

Unfortunately Ireland's failure to advance from last night's semi-final means that the Eurovision won't be back in Dublin next year.

Here's Newstalk's ranking of Ireland's best, and worst Eurovision interval performances.