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# Saorview

Lightning caused the biggest headache for telly transmissions in 12 years yesterday

A lightning strike in Louth caused damage to a 2rn mast and ESB substation.

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Jul 6th 2015, 12:22 PM

# Game on

Soon you can watch Ireland's newest TV station anywhere, despite its rival's best efforts

TV3 apparently tried to block UTV from getting on Ireland’s free-to-air network.

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Dec 2nd 2014, 11:16 AM

# Oireachtas TV

Nothing on telly? You can now flick over and watch the Oireachtas

Only if you’re into that sort of thing, of course, and have UPC or Sky.

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Sep 22nd 2014, 7:12 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Could you live without your TV?

A survey today has revealed that just 5 per cent of people don’t have one, so could you live without yours?

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May 15th 2013, 10:11 AM

# Prime Numbers

Saorview, sales and Shakhtar Donetsk: The week in numbers

Plus – what’s the monetary value of virginity? And what was Ireland’s best-performing sales sector in September?

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Oct 27th 2012, 7:30 PM

# Not the News

Here is the week's news... skewed

Breaking via The Mire wire: Ice-cream for children’s votes? Tayto Park as possible children’s hospital site? European ‘Rear of the Year’ award for the Taoiseach?

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Oct 27th 2012, 5:00 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Oct 25th 2012, 4:57 PM

# Saorview

RTÉ handled 2,600 Saorview calls on Wednesday

Many viewers in Northern Ireland cut off, although the Irish government is expected to release details of a new transmitter that will allow northern viewers to tune into RTÉ.

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Oct 25th 2012, 2:28 PM

# need to know

The Evening Fix: Now with added Gangnam, United Nations style

Here are the things we loved, learned and shared today.

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Oct 24th 2012, 7:58 PM

# rabbit ears

14 things that should be broadcast on the analogue signal

We’d like to keep a few old familiar faces around.

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Oct 24th 2012, 3:56 PM

# It's All Over

VIDEO: The moment Ireland switched off its analogue signal

Are we all OK out there?

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Oct 24th 2012, 10:39 AM

# analogue memories

15 memories from the good old days of analogue TV

All changed, changed utterly.

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Oct 24th 2012, 10:32 AM

# aerial threat

Have they turned off your TV signal? Never mind, here’s Irish sports television on one page

Who needs a set-top box?

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Oct 24th 2012, 10:19 AM

# Saorview

VIDEOS: This is what the TV switchover will look like

Pat Rabbitte’s doing a formal broadcast from RTÉ – but to give you a taster, this is what it looked like when BBC stopped.

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Oct 24th 2012, 8:19 AM

# Digital TV

Explainer: What is Saorview, and what do you need to do about it?

The analogue TV series is being turned off on Wednesday. Are you one of the 100,000 households who hasn’t switched yet?

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Oct 21st 2012, 12:21 PM

# Saorview

Some 100,000 still to make the switch to Saorview with just two weeks to go

With the switchover deadline just 14 days away, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has urged the public not to wait until the last minute.

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Oct 10th 2012, 1:46 PM

# Black beauty

9 things we'll miss about old-school Aertel

The digital switchover means the traditional colour-on-black pages will be a thing of the past. Here’s what we’ll miss.

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Oct 6th 2012, 9:16 AM

# Never Say Die

It's the end of analogue TV in Ireland - but what happens to Aertel?

Don’t worry: the old black and green text may be gone but you’ll still be able to check page 180 to see what’s on TV.

13.4k

Oct 6th 2012, 9:15 AM

# freebies

9 things that used to be free... but aren't now

Little bags of pretzels on airplanes, plastic bags, ‘the channels’… we miss the days of freebies.

31.6k

Sep 23rd 2012, 12:00 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you should know as you kick off your week…

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Sep 4th 2012, 8:33 AM

# Going Digital

50 days to go but one-in-four don't believe digital switchover will happen

A significant number of people believe that the analogue TV signal will not be switched off on 24 October but those behind the switchover insist it will.

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Sep 4th 2012, 6:45 AM