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. It was produced by the

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division. The ''TV3 News @ 6'', presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and

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, was a sixty-minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 6:00pm from Monday to Friday. At weekends the main evening bulletin also aired at 6:00pm but was reduced to thirty minutes.

History

''TV3 News @ 6'' was the first programme broadcast by TV3 on opening night on 20 September 1998. The news programme provided a comprehensive view of the day's main international and national news stories and was in direct competition with '' RTÉ News: Six One''. This period of direct rivalry with

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only lasted for a year as poor ratings, due to the strength of the competition from RTÉ, resulted in TV3 deciding to break up the hour-long programme. Because of this two new programmes – ''

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'' at 5:30pm and ''

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'' – were launched. Both programmes were still fronted by Cantwell and Seoige, while ''First Edition'' became Ireland's first early evening news programme.

Newscasters

Main newscaster

References

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