''TV3 News @ 7'' is the second early evening

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programme on the

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TV3. It was produced by the

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division. 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

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

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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

Main newscaster

References

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