Virgin Media News at 8.00
Irish television news programme
- March 2015 (2015-03) - December 2016 (2016-12)
- August 2018 (2018-08) - present (present)
Virgin Media News at 5.30
Virgin Media News at 7.00 (formerly News at 8.00) is the main primetime news programme on the Irish television network Virgin Media One (formerly known as "TV3"). It is produced by the Virgin Media News division.
The News at 7.00, presented by main newscaster Claire Brock, is a thirty-minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 7pm from Monday to Friday. It was previously broadcast at 8pm, before being pushed back in March 2022 to accommodate a permanent new schedule featuring extended episodes of UK soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
History
On 30 March 2015, TV3 announced that it will begin broadcasting a new main evening news programme at 8pm every weeknight.[1]
In December 2016, the show was moved over to sister channel 3e after TV3 regained the rights to Coronation Street and Emmerdale. At the end of December 2016, TV3 News at 8 was discontinued.
A major rebrand of the entire TV3 Group took place in August 2018, when the company was renamed as Virgin Media Television, with all news output rebranded as Virgin Media News. News at 8.00 returned on the day of the rebrand, replacing the News at 7, which aired on Be3.
Newscasters
Main newscaster
| Years | Newscaster | Other roles |
|---|---|---|
| 2018–present | Claire Brock | |
| 2015-2016 | Colette Fitzpatrick | News at 12.30, News at 5.30 presenter |
Relief newscasters
| Years | Newscaster | Other roles | Previous roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | Ruairi Carroll | News correspondent |
References
- ^ "TV3 launches new main evening news at 8pm".
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Virgin Media Television (formerly TV3) original programming
- News at 12.00 (since 2014)
- News at 5.30 (since 1998)
- News at 8 (since 2015)
- The Tonight Show (since 2017)
- Ireland AM
- Weekend AM
- The Six O'Clock Show
- The Restaurant
- Gogglebox Ireland
- Elaine
- Late News (Virgin Media Three) (since 2017)
- Midday
- The Film Buzz
- Keith Barry: Brainhacker
- Jason Byrne's Snaptastic Show
- Late Lunch Live
- 20/20
- The Pepsi Chart Show
- The Dunphy Show
- The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin
- Pop on 3
- Speakeasy
- Sports Tonight
- Week in Politics
- The Political Party
- The Week in Review
- Agenda
- Business Matters
- Midweek
- The Apprentice
- Come Dine with Me Ireland
- The Late Review
- News at 7
- See also
- List of programmes broadcast by Virgin Media Television (Ireland)
