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. 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 "". 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.