Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

Kerri Ann, singer managed by Louis Walsh who had some hits on the Irish charts in the summer/autumn of 1998. Seem to recall she was in a "showmance" with Stephen Gately. Despite appearing on the Now 40 compilation, UK chart success wasn't forthcoming, and she soon disappeared into obscurity.

Here's a name that may ring a bell: Lady Antonia Wardell.

She was a fixture on RTE game shows and the like in the 60's and 70's.

i dunno why Ryan Tubridy is mentioned here so much, he definitely hasn't vanished out of the spotlight, there's a article or segment in news or online about him nearly every second day unfortunately

Mikey Graham.....former Boyzone "Hearthrob" seems to keeping a very low profile these days.

Wishful thinking from the OP I imagine. I admit I dream of the day, maybe five years from now, when the question is asked seriously: "Whatever happened to Ryan Tubridy?"

Samantha Blandford Hutton. One of those "Irish model" zero listers that the Sindo used to feature in their lifestyle magazine during rhe Celtic Tiger era, a poor womans Kathy French. Was subsequently jailed for running a brothel.

was caught with the auld Peruvian marching powder also, done time for that

Morton would just have point and say “you”

I don't want to say that Eimear was lucky to win, but a few factors certainly fell in her favour. First, 1996 was the last year the result was decided 100% by juries. Televoting came in in five countries the following year and everywhere in 1998, and I doubt the public would have voted for "The Voice" in big numbers. Second, the big favourite in 1996 was Gina G from the UK (what happened to her, btw?), and unfortunately, she decided to give a masterclass in singing out of tune. The public voters today wouldn't be bothered by this as long as they liked the song and the "show" but the juries back then would have taken a bad vocal very seriously. She was also the second song on, and famously, the song performed second at Eurovision has never won. Finally, Sweden was another hot favourite and actually won the qualifying round held that year (for the first and only time.) However, they were drawn last, and the three songs ahead of them were all dreary ballads, and I think most jurors had fallen asleep by the time Sweden came on stage.

Joe McKinney - the guy from the famous Guinness ad back in the 1990's.....had a short stint in Glenroe but haven't heard much from him since.

Sean Bean, saw him last night in the film "the field " he played bull mccabes son. He was a big heart throb in the 90s but haven't heard anything about him in years

Fran Cosgrave. He was on nearly every reality TV show about 15 years ago. No discernible talent of note. Think his main claim to fame was being a bodyguard for Westlife and dating girl band members. Seems to have gone totally off the radar since about 2010.

He was from up North somewhere, actually Belfast I’m reading.

he had a hearing problem so that’s maybe why he doesn’t appear working in TV as a good few ex pros do.

Exhibitions, coaching and practice sessions seem to be how he makes his living going by his social media.

Sinead Lohan - dreadlocked singer from the mid-late 90's who had some moderate success and then vanished without a trace.....