''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

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. 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 Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2 ...

and

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. UTV's Northern Ireland newsrooms in

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Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

and the Parliament Buildings in Stormont are also utilised. 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

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's '' The 5.30''. In parallel with this change, UTV Ireland also began to broadcast hourly ''Ireland Live'' news updates throughout the day. ''Ireland Live'' also produced local news updates aired during UTV Ireland's simulcasts of '' Good Morning Britain''.

Ratings

On air team

Presenters

(main anchor at 17:30 & 22:00 programmes) *

Claire Brock Clair or Claire may refer to: *Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire * Clair (surname) Places Canada * Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska * Clair Parish, New Brunswick * Pointe-Claire, Q ...

(main anchor at 22:00) *

Jenny Buckley Jenny Buckley (born 1979) is an Irish actress and television presenter, who is currently the main weather presenter on UTV Ireland, a position she has held since the channel's launch in January 2015. She also presents the channel's entertainment ...

(Weather presenter)Jenny Buckley unveiled as weather presenter
, Utv.ie, 21 December 2014

Reporters and correspondents

*Claire Brock *Eric Clarke *Paul Colgan (Economics Editor) *Darragh Collins *Marie Crowe (Sport) *Sean Dunne *Stephanie Grogan *Claudia Headon *Luke Holohan (Online Journalist) *Aidan Kelly *Zara King *Sharon Lynch (Dublin Videojournalist) *Sarah O'Connor *Sinead O'Donnell *Marése O'Sullivan (Online Journalist) *Bernard O'Toole (Sport) *Denis Mahon (Dublin Videojournalist) *Anita McSorley *Christina McSorley (Dublin Videojournalist) *Kevin Purcell (Reporter) *Mary Regan (Political Editor) *Naoimh Reilly (Cork Videojournalist)

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

{{Reflist

External links

UTV Ireland: ''Top Stories''
2015 Irish television series debuts Irish television news shows UTV (TV channel)