TV3 News @ 7 is the second early evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It was produced by the TV3 News division.

TV3 News @ 7
Created by3 News Ireland
Presented byColette Fitzpatrick
Caroline Twohig
Theme music composerDeWolfe Music
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsTV3, Westgate Business Park, Dublin 24, Ireland
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time15-30 minutes (incl. Ad Breaks)
Original release
NetworkTV3
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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.

History

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When TV3 launched on 20 September 1998 its 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.

In January 2001 the TV3 News @ 7 was dropped and the TV3 News at 6.30 was launched with Cantwell and Seoige still remaining at the helm.

Newscasters

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Main newscaster

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Years Newscaster Other roles Previous roles
1999–2000 Alan Cantwell
1999–2000 Gráinne Seoige[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Gráinne Seoige's Biography and Images". TV Newsroom. Retrieved 20 August 2011.