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1968 in Irish television

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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1968.

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Events

  • January – RTÉ's Director-General Kevin McCourt makes the controversial decision to recall the Seven Days crew as they are en route to report on the Biafran War.
  • 12 February – Director-General McCourt announces the transfer of responsibility for Seven Days to the RTÉ News Division, a decision which leads to industrial unrest and the suspension of several members of the production team for "blacking" the programme on air. The dispute is finally resolved in March.
  • 16 March – Thomas P. Hardiman replaced Kevin McCourt as Director-General of RTÉ, and is the first Director-General to be appointed interlally within the organisation.
  • 5 October – RTÉ cameraman Gay O'Brien and soundman Eamon Hayes film a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland during which RUC officers baton charge the crowd and use water cannon.

    • Ongoing television programmes

  • RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
  • Dáithí Lacha (1962–1969)
  • RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
  • The Late Late Show (1962–present)
  • Newsbeat (1964–1971)
  • The Riordans (1965–1979)
  • Quicksilver (1965–1981)
  • Seven Days (1966–1976)
  • Wanderly Wagon (1967–1982)

    • Ending this year

  • 1 January – Me and My Friend (1967–1968)
  • 31 May – Tolka Row (1964–1968)

    • Births

  • Undated – Alan Cantwell, newsreader

    • References

    1968 in Irish television Wikipedia
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