Ireland Live
| Ireland Live | |
|---|---|
| Also known as |
Ireland Live at Ten Ireland Live News |
| Presented by |
Alison Comyn Chris Donoghue |
| Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Marcus Lehnen (Head of News) Margaret Ward |
| Producer(s) |
Yvonne Redmond Siobhán Silke |
| Editor(s) |
Mick McCaffrey (News Editor) Deborah Naylor (Assistant Editor) |
| Location(s) | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time |
60 minutes (10pm programme) 30 minutes (5.30pm progamme) |
| Production company(s) | UTV Ireland |
| Release | |
| Original network | UTV Ireland |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 5 January 2015 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
UTV Live RTÉ News and Current Affairs TV3 News |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Ireland Live is an Irish television news and current affairs service produced by UTV Ireland.
Overview
Ireland Live features national, international and regional news, including extended reports, interviews and sports coverage during its flagship hour-long programme at 10pm on weeknights. UTV Ireland's chief news anchor is Alison Comyn with Newstalk breakfast presenter Chris Donoghue co-anchoring the 10pm programme.[1]
The news service is produced and broadcast from UTV Ireland's headquarters at Macken House in Dublin's Docklands, with district reporters and camera crews based at regional newsrooms in Cork, Limerick and Galway. UTV's Northern Ireland newsrooms in Belfast, Derry and the Parliament Buildings in Stormont are also utilised.[2] International news coverage is provided by independent broadcast agency Feature Story News.
UTV Ireland's head of news is Marcus Lehnen with Margaret Ward as executive producer and Mick McCaffrey as Ireland Live's news editor.
Broadcast times
Ireland Live airs two main programmes on UTV Ireland each weeknight - a 30-minute early evening news at 5.30pm (competing with the long-established main bulletin on TV3) and an in-depth hour-long programme at 10pm, including feature reports, interviews and analysis. On Friday nights, the second half of the 10pm programme consists of an extended sports segment, presented by Ger Gilroy.
Short news updates are broadcast every hour from 9am to 5pm and from 7pm to 9pm on weekdays. Updates also air at 6.07am, 7.07am and 8.07am on weekday mornings, as part of UTV Ireland's simulcasts of ITV's Good Morning Britain.[3] Currently, no news programmes are broadcast at weekends, with the exception of morning weather forecasts.
Ireland Live's early evening news initially aired at 6.30pm on weeknights until May 2015.[4][5][6]
Ratings
Ratings have been low with figures showing that just 4,700 people tuned in on Monday 22 June 2015, down from 7,000 at the start of the month.[7]
Team
Presenters
- Alison Comyn (5.30pm/10pm programmes)
- Chris Donoghue (10pm programme)
- Ger Gilroy (Friday sports preview)
- Jenny Buckley (Weather presenter)[8]
Reporters and correspondents
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References
- ↑ Ireland Live News launches tomorrow, Utv.ie, 4 January 2015
- ↑ Alison Comyn announced as news anchor, Utv.ie, 17 August 2014
- ↑ UTV Ireland to broadcast GMB with Ireland Live News, utv.ie, 30 January 2015
- ↑ "UTV Ireland evening news moves to 5.30pm with hourly news updates". Utv.ie. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ↑ "UTV moves news time to be in competition with TV3". Irishexaminer.com. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ↑ "UTV Ireland moves tea-time slot while launching hourly news updates". Goss.ie. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ↑ "Just 4,700 tune in to UTV Ireland's news show". Irish Independent. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ Jenny Buckley unveiled as weather presenter, Utv.ie, 21 December 2014