Ireland Live
Ireland Live was an Irish television news and current affairs service produced by UTV Ireland. Ireland Live featured 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 was Alison Comyn.[1]
| Ireland Live | |
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| Also known as | Ireland Live at Ten Ireland Live News |
| Presented by | Alison Comyn |
| Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Marcus Lehnen (Head of News) Margaret Ward Cece Leadon |
| Producers | Yvonne Redmond Siobhán Silke |
| Production locations | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Editors | Mick McCaffrey (News Editor) Deborah Naylor (Assistant Editor) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes (10pm programme) 30 minutes (5.30pm programme) |
| Production company | UTV Ireland |
| Release | |
| Original network | UTV Ireland |
| Original release | 5 January 2015 – 6 January 2017 |
| Related | |
| UTV Live RTÉ News and Current Affairs TV3 News | |
The news service was 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 was Marcus Lehnen, with Margaret Ward and Cece Leadon as executive producers.
IFTA 2016 Winner. Best news programme. ‘Brexit Special’. Ireland Live News at 5.30.
Broadcast times
Ireland Live broadcast a half-hour evening newscast and an hour-long programme at 10:00 p.m. Its early-evening news initially aired at 6:30 p.m. on weeknights until May 2015, when it moved to 5:30 p.m., putting it in direct comparison with TV3's The 5.30. In parallel with this change, UTV Ireland also began to broadcast hourly Ireland Live news updates throughout the day.[3][4][5]
Ireland Live also produced local news updates aired during UTV Ireland's simulcasts of Good Morning Britain.[6]
Ratings
On air team
Presenters
- Alison Comyn (main anchor at 17:30 & 22:00 programmes)
- Claire Brock (main anchor at 22:00)
- Jenny Buckley (Weather presenter)[7]
Reporters and correspondents
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Former presenters
- Chris Donoghue (10pm programme)
- Ger Gilroy (Friday sports preview)
After the station shut down many of the reporters moved to either RTÉ news or Virgin Media news.
References
- Ireland Live News launches tomorrow Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Utv.ie, 4 January 2015
- Alison Comyn announced as news anchor Archived 2015-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Utv.ie, 17 August 2014
- "UTV Ireland evening news moves to 5.30pm with hourly news updates". Utv.ie. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- "UTV moves news time to be in competition with TV3". Irishexaminer.com. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- "UTV Ireland moves tea-time slot while launching hourly news updates". Goss.ie. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- UTV Ireland to broadcast GMB with Ireland Live News Archived 2015-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, utv.ie, 30 January 2015
- Jenny Buckley unveiled as weather presenter Archived 2015-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Utv.ie, 21 December 2014