| TV3 News at 5:30 | |
|---|---|
| Format | News, Sport |
| Created by | TV3 News |
| Presented by | Alan Cantwell Colette Fitzpatrick |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | TV3, Westgate Business Park, Dublin 24, Ireland |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Distributor | TV3 Ireland |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TV3 |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | 19 March 2001 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | First Edition |
| Related shows | Midday Midweek TV3 Nightly News Tonight with Vincent Browne |
| External links | |
| Website | |
TV3 News at 5.30 is the flagship evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It is produced by the TV3 News division.
The TV3 News at 5.30, presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and Colette Fitzpatrick, is 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 airs at either 5:30pm, running for just five minutes.
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When TV3 launched on 20 September 1998 it's early evening news programme was called TV3 News @ 6. It provided a comprehensive view of the day's main international and national news stories, was presented by Alan Cantwell and Gráinne Seoige and was in direct competition with RTÉ News: Six One. This period of direct rivalry with RTÉ only lasted for a year as TV3 decided to break up the hour-long programme. As a result of this two new programmes - First Edition at 5:30pm and TV3 News @ 7 - were launched. Both programmes were still fronted by Cantwell and Seoige, while First Edition became Ireland's first early evening news programme.
On 19 March 2001 First Edition was relaunched as TV3 News at 5.30 with Cantwell and Seoige still remaining at the helm. It was alos around this time that TV3's second early evening news programme moved from 7:00pm to 6:30pm, becoming the TV3 News @ 6.30.
In 2004 Gráinne Seoige left TV3 News to become the new face of Sky News Ireland.[1] She was replaced as the main female presenter of TV3 News at 5.30 by Claire Byrne who had been working with TV3 for a number of years at that stage.[2]
Two years later in 2006 Byrne left TV3 to fron the new breakfast show on Newstalk. Her departure was not a happy one as a lengthy legal battle was played out. Colette Fitzpatrick took over from Byrne.[3]
In 2007 TV3 dropped their 6.30 news bulletin, leaving TV3 News at 5.30 as their only flagship evening news bulletin.
In 2010 Elaine Crowley became the latest co-presenter of TV3 News at 5.30 to join Alan Cantwell. She replaced Colette Fitzpatrick who was on maternity leave. Fitzpatrick returned in 2011.
| Years | Newscaster | Other roles | Previous roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-present | Alan Cantwell | Former Midday presenter | |
| 2006-present | Colette Fitzpatrick | Midday and Midweek presenter |
| Years | Newscaster | Other roles | Previous roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | Elaine Crowley | Midday and Midweek presenter | |
| 2011-present | Brian Daly | News correspondent |
| Presenter | Years | Other roles |
|---|---|---|
| Gráinne Seoige | 2001-2004 | |
| Claire Byrne | 2004-2006 |