TV3 News @ 7

TV3 News @ 7 is the second early evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It was produced by the TV3 News division.

TV3 News @ 7
Created by	3 News Ireland
Presented by	Colette Fitzpatrick Caroline Twohig
Theme music composer	DeWolfe Music
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	TV3, Westgate Business Park, Dublin 24, Ireland
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	15-30 minutes (incl. Ad Breaks)
Original release
Network	TV3
Related
TV3 News @ 6 First Edition

The TV3 News @ 7, presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and Colette Fitzpatrick, was a thirty-minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 7:00pm from Monday to Friday.

History

When TV3 launched on 20 September 1998 its early evening news programme was called TV3 News @ 6. It provided a comprehensive view of the day's main international and national news stories, was presented by Alan Cantwell and Gráinne Seoige and was in direct competition with RTÉ News: Six One. This period of direct rivalry with RTÉ only lasted for a year as TV3 decided to break up the hour-long programme. As a result 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.

In January 2001 the TV3 News @ 7 was dropped and the TV3 News at 6.30 was launched with Cantwell and Seoige still remaining at the helm.

Newscasters

Main newscaster

Years	Newscaster	Other roles	Previous roles
1999–2000	Alan Cantwell
1999–2000	Gráinne Seoige