TV3 News @ 6

TV3 News @ 6 was the flagship evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It was produced by the TV3 News division.

TV3 News @ 6
Created by	TV3 News
Presented by	Alan Cantwell Gráinne Seoige
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	TV3, Westgate Business Park, Dublin 24, Ireland
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30-60 minutes
Original release
Network	TV3
Release	20 September 1998 (1998-09-20) – 11 April 1999 (1999-04-11)
Related
First Edition TV3 News @ 7

The TV3 News @ 6, presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and Gráinne Seoige, was a sixty-minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 6:00pm from Monday to Friday.

At weekends the main evening bulletin also aired at 6:00pm but was reduced to thirty minutes.

History

TV3 News @ 6 was the first programme broadcast by TV3 on opening night on 20 September 1998. The news programme provided a comprehensive view of the day's main international and national news stories and was in direct competition with RTÉ News: Six One. This period of direct rivalry with RTÉ only lasted for a year as poor ratings, due to the strength of the competition from RTÉ, resulted in TV3 deciding to break up the hour-long programme. Because 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.

Newscasters

Main newscaster

Years	Newscaster	Other roles	Previous roles
1998–1999	Alan Cantwell
1998–1999	Gráinne Seoige