Sky News Ireland

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Sky News Ireland
Ownership
OwnerSky Ireland
History
Launched24 May 2004
Closed3 November 2006
Links
Websitewww.skynews.ie

Sky News Ireland was a programming block on Sky News broadcast in Ireland. It was a separate feed from the UK and international versions of Sky News. Sky News Ireland was broadcast from its studios in Dublin. The service was also available in the UK and around the world on the Sky News Active (Red Button) service.

Background

Ray Kennedy and Brian Daly. On 24 October 2005, the 19:00h programme was moved to 18:30h, this put it in direct competition with RTÉ News: Six One
.

The bulletin was also available to international viewers via the Sky News Active service (red button) which proved quite popular with the

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from 9 January 2006.

Reporters for the service included Jonathan Healy, Alison O'Reilly, Orla Chennnaoui, David Blevins, Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile, Geraldine Lynagh, Amanda Cassidy, Aisling Ni Choisdealbha, and John Sherwin. Weather on Sky News Ireland was usually presented by Lisa Burke.

In October 2006, viewer ratings for the 10:00pm programme were 135,000 avg; the 18:30 programme received 65,000 avg. (Neilsen).

Closure

On 31 October 2006, it was reported that the programme block would cease at the end of November 2006.[1] From 3 November 2006, no further Sky News Ireland bulletins were broadcast when the staff walked out. Ray Kennedy presented the final programme at 10:00pm on 3 November,[2] after which the staff left in protest at the handling of the closure by their British Sky News managers in London[citation needed]

Although specific Irish programming has now ended, Sky News continues to air an Irish opt-out advertising and sponsorship feed and continues to host studios and offices in Dublin and Belfast.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sky News Ireland operation cut back". RTÉ News. 31 October 2006.
  2. ^ "Ray Kennedy presents the final Sky News Ireland programme". 3 October 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Sky News axes Irish bulletins". the Guardian. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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