2020 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2020.

List of years in Irish television (table)

Events
  • 2 January – The death is announced of broadcaster Marian Finucane, who presented Crimecall in the 1990s.[1][2][3][4][5]
  • 7 January – The death is announced of broadcaster Larry Gogan, best known as a 2fm disc-jockey, who provided the RTÉ television commentary at the 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982 Eurovision Song Contest.[6][7][8][9][10]
  • 24 January – ITV Box Office, a pay-per-view television service from ITV, and the only ITV service available in Ireland via Sky, ceases broadcasting.
  • 17 March – Taoiseach Leo Varadkar makes a special broadcast to the nation in which he says the coronavirus emergency could go on for months into the summer.[11]
  • 16 May – RTE One airs Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light to mark the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. The programme, broadcast by all countries participating in the competition, showcases the forty one acts that would have appeared in Eurovision 2020.[12][13]
  • 26 June - RTÉ Does Comic Relief is held.The event was broadcast live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player for over 4 hours with over 5 million raised for charities.[14]

Debuts

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Deaths

See also

References
  1. Hennessy, Michelle (2 January 2020). "Broadcaster Marian Finucane has died at the age of 69". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. Hilliard, Mark (2 January 2020). "RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane dies aged 69". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. Conneely, Ailbhe (2 January 2020). "Death announced of RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane". RTÉ News. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. Murray, Sean (3 January 2020). "Here are some of Marian Finucane's most memorable moments in broadcasting". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. Ní Aodha, Gráinne (7 January 2020). "Marian Finucane had decided in early December that she would retire". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. Crowley, Sinéad (7 January 2020). "Veteran RTÉ broadcaster Larry Gogan dies". RTÉ News.
  7. Duffy, Rónán (7 January 2020). "Larry Gogan (1934–2020): Radio icon who provided the soundtrack to Irish life". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  8. Burns, Sarah (8 January 2020). "Larry Gogan funeral to take place in Dublin on Friday". IrishTimes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  9. McGrath, Graham (8 January 2020). "Funeral details announced for RTE legend Larry Gogan who died aged 81". Extra.ie. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  10. Ryan, Órla (10 January 2020). "Radio stations to pay tribute to Larry Gogan as his funeral takes place in Dublin". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  11. "Covid-19 emergency to continue beyond March – Varadkar". RTÉ News. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  12. "Douze points! Europe unites for Eurovision special". RTE. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  13. "Rock 'n' Roll Kids tops Irish Eurovision winners poll". RTE. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  14. "RTÉ Does Comic Relief raises plenty of craic and cash". RTE News. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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