Debuts
RTÉ 1
- 6 January – Bracken (1980–1982)
- 16 January – Strumpet City (1980)
- 12 April –
Matt and Jenny (1979–1980) - 21 September –
The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs (1980)
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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1980.
Matt and Jenny (1979–1980)
The Cheryl Ladd Special: Souvenirs (1980)The year 1971 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of notable TV-related events.
The Riordans was the second Irish television drama serial made by Raidio Telefís Éireann. It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its location filming with Outside Broadcast Units, rather than using only TV studios, broke the mould of broadcasting in the soap opera genre and inspired the creation of its British equivalent, Emmerdale Farm by Yorkshire Television in 1972.
The following is a list of events relating to television in the Republic of Ireland from 1976.
The Jacob's Awards were instituted in December 1962 as the first Irish television awards. Later, they were expanded to include radio. The awards were named after their sponsor, W. & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd., a biscuit manufacturer, and recipients were selected by Ireland's national newspaper television and radio critics. Jacob's Award winners were chosen annually until 1993, when the final awards presentation took place.
RTÉ One is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by RTÉ. It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ 1 upon the launch of RTÉ 2 in 1978. It is funded partly by the government's licence fee; the remainder of the funding is provided by commercial advertising. Because RTÉ is funded partly by the licence fee it shows considerably fewer advertisements than most other channels available in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1973.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1975.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1978.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1979.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1981.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1982.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1983.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1989.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1990.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1991.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1992.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1996.
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2018.