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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2013.

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Debuts

RTÉ

TV3

TG4

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Ending this year

Deaths

See also

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