Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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RTÉ is marking 100 years of public broadcasting in Ireland. As part of this, we’re looking back at the early days of the news service and how it changed with the advent of television which began on New Year’s Eve in 1961.

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