''Nuacht TG4'' (; Irish for ''TG4 News'') is a daily half-hour Irish TV news programme. It is broadcast on weekday evenings at 7pm,

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from the studios of TG4 in

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. A shortened edition of the programme is broadcast on weekend evenings at around 6:45pm.

Format and presenters

The programme is anchored by Siún Nic Gearailt and Eimear Ní Chonaola with Eibhlín Ní Choistealbha, Áine Lally, Máire Ní Mhadaoin, Ruairí Mac Con Iomaire and Maolra Mac Donnchadha occasionally substituting. Nuacht TG4 also broadcasts a weekly programme called ''Timpeall na Tíre'', which is a review of the week's top stories from ''Nuacht TG4''. TG4 provides an overnight international news service in the form of a

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of the English-language version of French public news station

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. Nuacht TG4 programme has an average

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of 35–40,000. Since 2010, ''Nóiméad Nuachta'' (''News Minute'') has broadcast each week day at 1:55pm.

History

''Nuacht TnaG'' initially was broadcast at 22:00 each night, later moving to 20:00 and finally to 19:00 where it currently remains. From 1996 to 1998

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was the main news anchor for the channel, in 1998 she moved to

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to launch their main evening news where she remained until 2004. In 1998, Ailbhe Ó Monachain became TG4's main news anchor. With the rebranding of TnaG as TG4 the news service also renamed as ''Nuacht TG4''. In 2006, Eimear Ní Chonaola became TG4's main news anchor.

External links

* http://www.tg4.ie/stud/nuac/nuac.asp
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