TV3 News at 5.30 was the flagship evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It was produced by the TV3 News division. The TV3 News at 5.30, presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and Colette Fitzpatrick, was a thirty minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 5:30pm from Monday to Friday. On Bank Holidays, the main evening bulletin usually aired at either 5:30pm, running for just five minutes.
Journalist Paul Williams explores what led to the establishment of the multi-agency Bureau and interviews the people who played a big part in the formation of the bureau.
TV3 News @ 7 was the second early evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It was produced by the TV3 News division. The TV3 News @ 7, presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and Colette Fitzpatrick, was a thirty minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 7:00pm from Monday to Friday.
The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin is morning magazine show which airs on TV3 Ireland. The show launched on the channel on May 11, 2009 as part of a major overhaul of daytime programming on the channel. The show airs Monday to Friday live at 11:00 and hosted by Sybil Mulcahy and Martin King. The show focuses on a variety of issues such as healthcare, current affairs, entertainment, real-life stories and other topical issues. The show has also previously ran a number of competitions which gave viewers the chance to become an author of their own published book and other competitions where people to show off their unique talents such as singing and dancing. In February 2012, Claire Brock was announced as a replacement presenter for Sybil Mulcahy while she had a baby.
TV3 News is the news output at TV3 Ireland. Its services are available online, on-demand, on TV and mobile. Its flagship bulletins begin at 07:00 each weekday on Ireland AM followed by bulletins on Midday both hosted by Siobhan Bastible. Its prime-time bulletin 'The 5:30' is hosted by Colette Fitzpatrick. Its late night news programme Tonight with Vincent Browne airs weeknights from 23:00 and on Wednesday, Nora Owen hosts its current affairs programme Midweek.
The Dunphy Show is an Irish chat show hosted by Eamon Dunphy that aired for one series on TV3 in 2003. The programme featured guest interviews, audience participation and live music from guest music groups. The Dunphy Show aired every Friday night in direct competition with The Late Late Show on Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
A Game of Two Halves is an Irish panel game with a sporting theme hosted by Trevor Welch and was broadcast on TV3 for one series in 1999. The team leaders were Declan Lynch and Liam Mackey.
Midday is an Irish television talk show programme skewed towards female viewers. The show first broadcast from October 2008 on TV3. The all-female panel includes the show's presenter, Elaine Crowley, and four other women. This panel of women varies from each episode generally made-up of some of Ireland’s best known businesswomen, actresses, artists, sportswomen and female political figures. The members of the panel tackle the hot topics and trends of the day, with live feedback from phone-in viewers, keeping them on their toes and stoking the fire of debate. From September 2013 Midday will receive a revamp, Elaine Crowley will be joined by a new co-presenter, former The Morning Show presenter, Sybil Mulcahy. As part of the revamp the show will broadcast live from the Sony HD Studios with a live studio audience who will regularly take part in the shows debates. Sybil will bring us the views of the nation from all across the country via live link, while panellists interact with the new audience.
Play TV is a late night/early morning phone-in quiz show produced by Telemedia InteracTV and broadcast by TV3 Ireland from May 2009 – March 2010. The show was broadcast live every night of the week, Monday to Sunday, from 12:00am to 3:00am from InteracTV's headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. The programme was very controversial, with numerous complaints against it made to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. TV3, however, justified it by saying they got money from PlayTV which saved jobs from being lost during the recession. Two years after TV3 removed Play TV from its schedules, it began to air Psychic Readings Live in the same slot. Newspaper reports compared the controversy generated by Psychic Readings Live to Play TV, with one saying "it will remind TV3 of a past life".
Head Chef is an Irish cookery series on TV3, one of Ireland's national broadcasters. The series featured Conrad Gallagher, the youngest ever chef to win a Michelin star, and aired from 8 April 2011 to 27 May 2011. It was announced 30 May 2011 via Twitter that Celebrity Head Chef will be airing in the near future. Applications are currently being accepted for Junior Head Chef.
TV3 News @ 6 was the flagship evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It was produced by the TV3 News division. The TV3 News @ 6, presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and Gráinne Seoige, was a sixty minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 6:00pm from Monday to Friday. At weekends the main evening bulletin also aired at 6:00pm but was reduced to thirty minutes.
Take Me Out is an Irish television dating game show airing on TV3. The show features Irish radio personality Ray Foley as the presenter. It is based on the Australian series Taken Out and the British series of the same name. The series is produced by Sideline Productions for TV3. The series is filmed in The Helix in Dublin. The next season is expected to be filmed in Dublin's Sony HD Studios.
The Weakest Link was an Irish version of the British quiz show, The Weakest Link. The show was broadcast on TV3 from 2001 and was presented by Eamon Dunphy. It is one of the few times that an international version of the show has been hosted by a man. The producers of the series used the euro as the banking currency. This had the effect of reducing the prize fund as the Irish pound was still in full circulation at the time and the euro would not be issued until January 2002.
Total Xposure is a seven-week reality television show broadcast by TV3 in Ireland It involved a nationwide search to find a new presenter for the channel's prime time entertainment magazine programme Xposé. Total Xposure consisted of a group of ten contestants chosen specifically for the show, most of whom had no prior presenting experience —they did however receive a quick course in presentational technique prior to the competition's commencement. The prize was a six-month contract as presenter of TV3's entertainment news show Xpose. The winner of Total Xposure was Sean Munsanje, a 28-year-old contestant from Dublin. A public vote saw him beat Simon Atkins and Ruth O'Neill in the final on 11 August 2009. Munsanje thus became the first ever non-female presenter of Xpose. On 5 July 2010 it was announced that Sean Munsanje would be leaving Xpose at the end of August, a year after he won the reality TV competition Total Xposure.
Championship Throw-In is a Gaelic games-themed magazine television programme that was broadcast on TV3 between 2008 and 2010. Presented by Matt Cooper, and subsequently by Sinéad Kissane and Kieran McSweeney, the programme offered analysis and discussion on the big stories in hurling and football during the championship season.
The Political Party was an Irish politically themed chat show, broadcast by TV3. It ran for half an hour on Friday evenings. Up until November 2008, it aired on Sunday evenings at 17:00. Hosted by TV3's political editor, Ursula Halligan, the show had an eccentric approach to guests, and included government ministers, poverty campaigners and maverick business leaders in the same programme. The Political Party was driven by Halligan's quirky style of questioning, which can frequently lead the guests to volunteer information they did not expect to. The programme often generated news stories, as politicians chose it to reveal "exclusives" on air. Billed as "the show the politicians are watching", it developed an audience of politicians, media types and others with an interest in the inside track on Irish politics. The show was dropped by TV3 as part of major cutbacks due to the station's deteriorating financial situation. The station's late night sports show was also axed. Halligan is due to launch her new, as yet unnamed, TV show, which will consist of one-to-one interviews, later this year.
Ireland AM is an Irish morning television show on TV3. It airs live every weekday morning from 7 to 10 am. The program features news and weather updates, showbiz, fashion, beauty, food, health, home and garden. Its current presenters are Mark Cagney, Sinead Desmond, Aidan Cooney, Alan Hughes and Anna Daly. It was confirmed on August 15, 2013 Ireland AM will now have an additional presenter Anton Savage and the show will now air from 07:00 until 10:45. The show is currently sponsored by P&G, previously sponsored by Unilever and Kellogs.
Deal or No Deal is the Irish version of the Endemol game show, which was first broadcast on TV3 in Ireland on 13 November 2009. The show is hosted by magician and entertainer Keith Barry. The show is sponsored by Ireland's National Lottery, which sells scratch cards for a chance to appear on the show.
Tonight with Vincent Browne, formerly Nightly News with Vincent Browne, is a news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast on Ireland's TV3 network. It airs on Monday to Thursday nights, usually from 23:05 to 23:55, though this occasionally differs. The programme is presented by Vincent Browne — a journalist noted for his rather acerbic style, with The Guardian describing him as "Ireland's Jeremy Paxman". Each year, approaching the Christmas period, Browne gives out political awards to deserving recipients. When Browne is absent, another person presents instead: this is typically one of Ger Colleran, Declan Ganley, Tom McGurk, Mary O'Rourke, Sam Smyth or Ivan Yates. The programme was critical in informing the Irish public about the death of Savita Halappanavar as the news was breaking. It moved to TV3's Sony HD studio but vacated it for two weeks while RTÉ borrowed it to film School Around the Corner, hosted by Ray D'Arcy.
Sports Tonight was an Irish sports information programme broadcast on TV3. The programme was broadcast Monday-Friday at 11:30 pm, after Nightly News. Sports Tonight provided up-to-date comprehensive coverage of all that matters in sport. It was usually presented by Trevor Welch, with other TV3 sports journalists hosting occasionally. The show was axed on 23 March 2009 after broadcasting for nearly a decade. This was due to budgetary cutbacks at TV3 and an emphasis being placed on live sports.
