Six-One News

Six-One has been RTÉ's flagship television news programme since its launch in October 1988. Its predecessor programme was known as "Newstime". It also went out at 6:01pm, but was preceded by an RTÉ News programme at 5:40pm. The programme's first lead male presenter, Seán Duignan, was later appointed Government Press Secretary by Albert Reynolds. In the early 1990s he was later replaced by Eammon Lawlor, who later moved to RTÉ Lyric FM. He in turn was replaced by current incumbent Bryan Dobson. Six-One News - ...

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The Angelus is a Roman Catholic devotion in memory of the Incarnation. It has its name from the opening words, Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ. It consists of three texts describing the mystery, recited as versicle and response alternately with the salutation "Hail, Mary!" This devotion is recited in the Catholic Church three times daily, about 6am, noon and 6pm. At these hours a bell known as the Angelus bell is rung. This is still rung in some English country churches, and has often been mistaken for an ...

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When the show was launched, its original presenter was Gay Byrne, a young Irish broadcaster who had been working with Granada Television in Britain. Byrne remained the presenter for thirty-seven years until retiring in 1999. His 37 year stewardship of The Late Late Show means that he has hosted a chat show longer than any other presenter. Indeed, Byrne's style of presentation is credited as contributing largely to the show's success. Internationally Byrne's presentation style has been studied ...

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V/. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ, R/. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen. V/. "Ecce Ancilla Domini." R/. "Fiat mihi secundum Verbum tuum." Ave Maria, gratia plena... V/. Et Verbum caro factum est. R/. Et habitavit in nobis. Ave Maria, g ...

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News presenter - American news anchors. Rudi Bakhtiar (possibly retired), CNN David Brinkley (deceased), The Huntley-Brinkley Report (NBC) Tom Brokaw (semi-retired), NBC News Wolf Blitzer, CNN Aaron Brown, CNN formerly at ABC News John Chancellor (deceased), NBC Nightly News Connie Chung Amanda Congdon, Rocketboom Anderson Cooper, CNN Walter Cronkite (retired), CBS News Sam Donaldson, ABC News Lo ...

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Questions and Answers - The Lenihan Tape Affair 1990. For more information on this political scandal, see Patrick_Hillery, Former President of Ireland The programme has occasionally set the national news agenda. During a broadcast in 1990 the then Tanaiste and expected next President of Ireland, Brian Lenihan, destroyed his chances of election. He denied involvement in an effort eight years earlier in January 1982 to pressurise the then president to ...

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One of the most successful parts of the programme has been its puppets. They are listed below in order of importance, but only Dustin, Snotser, Socky and Zuppy are still with the show. The Den television - Zig Zag and Zuppy. The most famous of the puppets were the original Zig and Zag, two ten year old aliens from the Planet Zog. These were a very successful franchise on their own, spawning parody tapes, comic books and car toys. A popular toy throughout the late 1980s were Zogabongs, the unusual antennae on Zig and Zag's hair. They had a dog called Zuppy, who rarely appeared in the pr ...

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In 1990 as part of his postgraduate thesis for his Master of Arts in Political Science Duffy interviewed senior politicians, one of whom was the then Tánaiste, Brian Lenihan. The on-the-record interview, in May 1990, formed one source for a major series of articles on the presidency of Ireland, published in The Irish Times in September 1990. In the interview Lenihan confirmed what he had previously confirmed to other writers over eight years, that on 27 January 1982 he, along with party leader Charles Haughey and a colleague, Sylvester Barr ...

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News presenter - American news anchors. Rudi Bakhtiar (possibly retired), CNN David Brinkley (deceased), The Huntley-Brinkley Report (NBC) Tom Brokaw (semi-retired), NBC News Wolf Blitzer, CNN Aaron Brown, CNN formerly at ABC News John Chancellor (deceased), NBC Nightly News Connie Chung Amanda Congdon, Rocketboom Anderson Cooper, CNN Walter Cronkite (retired), CBS News Sam Donaldson, ABC News Lo ...

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A number of regular (as in frequent but erratically timed) segments were dropped into the show a couple of times a week The Den television - Draw with Don. Weekly, the legendary Don Conroy comes into the studio to draw a picture (usually of wildlife) or read from one of his children's books. This has occurred virtually every week since the show started, and continues as part of The Club today, only now it is called The Art of Don. < ...

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The programme, which was launched in the late 1980s, follows an almost identical format to the BBC's long-running Question Time programme. Each week the chairperson initiates a discussion between several prominent politicans and commentators. The discussion is led by questions asked by members of the audience. The first question will usually deal with the major political issue of the week. The fina ...

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Questions and Answers, Questions and Answers - Format, Questions and Answers - Previously taped now live, Questions and Answers - Major controversies and issues discussed, Questions and Answers - The Lenihan Tape Affair 1990, Questions and Answers - Pat Doherty on the murder of Garda McCabe, Questions and Answers - Mitchel McLaughlin and Michael McDowell, Questions and Answers - Presenters

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RTÉ completely relaunched the Den on 17 September 2005 - although as this was a Saturday, the new weekday programme formats proper began airing on 19 September. The new Den is divided into three main strands: Wakey Wakey, airing from 7:15-9:00am, presented by Kathryn McKiernan. Den Tots, airing from 9:00am-2:35pm, presented by Emma O'Driscoll and Soky (see puppets, below). This is aimed at pre-schoolers. The Club, airing from 2:3 ...

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The Den began in the 1980s as Dempsey's Den, it was fronted by Ian Dempsey for many years, and ran from 3 PM to 6 PM every weekday. It contained almost all of RTÉ's children's programming output for many years, with the exception of Bosco (shown immediately before The Den) and a half-hour of teenage oriented programming shown immediately after The Den. In the early 1990s, Ian Dempsey was replaced by Ray D'Arcy, although he remained for a number of years afterwards in the regular pop music sec ...

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The Den television, The Den television - Current format, The Den television - History, The Den television - Classic format, The Den television - 1997 relaunch, The Den television - Original Programming, The Den television - Echo Island, The Den television - Jo Maxi, The Den television - Puppets, The Den television - Zig Zag and Zuppy, The Den television - Dustin, The Den television - Snotser, The Den television - Socky, The Den television - Ted, The Den television - Podge, The Den television - Simon Trowel, The Den television - Regular Sections, The Den television - Draw with Don, The Den television - Astronomy Ireland, The Den television - The Yes-No Game Show, The Den television - Quizzes, The Den television - Holidays, The Den television - St. Patrick's Day, The Den television - Summer, The Den television - Halloween, The Den television - Christmas

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Some of the original programming shown during The Den has managed to stand up on its own as a separate programme, or has otherwise been memorable The Den television - Echo Island. Main article: Echo Island A "Children's Magazine" show, along the lines of Blue Peter, Echo Island ran three days a week for many years in both English and Irish language versions. This was later known as "Echo". ...

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The Den television, The Den television - Current format, The Den television - History, The Den television - Classic format, The Den television - 1997 relaunch, The Den television - Original Programming, The Den television - Echo Island, The Den television - Jo Maxi, The Den television - Puppets, The Den television - Zig Zag and Zuppy, The Den television - Dustin, The Den television - Snotser, The Den television - Socky, The Den television - Ted, The Den television - Podge, The Den television - Simon Trowel, The Den television - Regular Sections, The Den television - Draw with Don, The Den television - Astronomy Ireland, The Den television - The Yes-No Game Show, The Den television - Quizzes, The Den television - Holidays, The Den television - St. Patrick's Day, The Den television - Summer, The Den television - Halloween, The Den television - Christmas

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See List of The Late Late Show guests Among the many guests on The Late Late Show over 40 years have been: Annie Murphy, mistress of disgraced Irish Catholic Bishop, Eamon Casey Bob Geldof, lead singer with the Boomtown Rats and founder of Live Aid Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian Bono, lead singer with U2 Cathal Daly, retired Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh Cyril Cusack, famous Irish actor Dana, Ireland's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest ...

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On the basis of his studies of international heads of state, Duffy was one of six people (including Sir Ellis Clarke, the former Governor-General and President of Trinidad and Tobago) commissioned in 1993 by Australia's Republic Advisory Committee to prepare reports on international republican experiences —to appear as an appendix to the committee's main report. His report, along with those of five others, was submitted as p ...

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A common dogma among the general public equates "news" and "news media" with "journalism", and this typically carries over to news anchors as well — associating media personalities with journalists — much to the consternation of many print journalists. In the current age of mass media and consolidation, news anchors tend to be viewed as belonging to the infotainment or news trades, rather than to the journalism profession. There is a spectrum and scale however — the quintessential national news anchors from early days of television new ...

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News presenter - Newsreader. A newsreader is a presenter whose role it is to read the news. In modern times, technology enables journalists to broadcast from relevant locations, reducing the role of the central presenter to that of a newsreader. The term is the most common one for a news presenter outside of the United States and Canada. Since the 1980s some broadcasters have moved away from using newsreaders, many of whom were simply actors who delivered a script written by others and who played no part in news gathering. Stations such as ...

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A common dogma among the general public equates "news" and "news media" with "journalism", and this typically carries over to news anchors as well — associating media personalities with journalists — much to the consternation of many print journalists. In the current age of mass media and consolidation, news anchors tend to be viewed as belonging to the infotainment or news trades, rather than to the journalism profession. There is a spectrum and scale however — the quintessential national news anchors from early days of television new ...

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During the 1990s and 2000s Duffy worked as a researcher and as a political commentator for most major Irish publications, including The Irish Times, the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent, the Sunday Times, the Sunday Tribune, the Sunday Business Post and the Irish Examiner. He also was a contributor to RTÉ radio and television, the BBC, UTV and Sky News. His contributions largely focused on politics, history, religion and current affairs. He is a columnist wit ...

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