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# the tube

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Quiz: How well do you remember 90s teen TV?
This is a quiz all about how my life got flipped turned upside down.
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Aug 12th 2020, 6:30 PM
'The lads who sold out on Ireland': How Zig and Zag's RTÉ exit caused a stir in the 1990s
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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Aug 5th 2020, 6:30 PM
'They just wanted a chance at stardom': It only ran for one series - but Popstars certainly wasn't short on drama
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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Jul 22nd 2020, 6:30 PM
Hirings, firings and boardroom rows: The rise and fall of Ireland's version of The Apprentice
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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Jul 15th 2020, 6:30 PM
The first gay kiss in a TV drama and other stories: How Ros na Rún broke boundaries in 1990s Ireland
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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Jul 8th 2020, 6:30 PM
TV Nostalgia: Niall Horan incident was nothing compared to Dustin's constant slagging of Westlife
Where was this kind of die-hard fandom when Dustin was slagging poor Kian Egan in the noughties?
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Jul 1st 2020, 8:30 PM
'The reason it worked is because RTÉ had feck all involvement': Dustin on The Den's reunion and the show's popularity
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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Jun 24th 2020, 8:30 PM
Years after the award-winning 'Aifric', Múinteoir Clíona teaches us about the power of Irish television
TG4 Irish language series Aifric won several awards for three quirky seasons documenting a teenager’s life.
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Jun 17th 2020, 9:00 PM
'Now let's go live to the Mullingar one-legged race': Whatever happened to the RTÉ People in Need Telethon?
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarrre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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Jun 10th 2020, 6:30 PM
Love/Hate is being replayed from the beginning - so we've been taking a look back at some iconic scenes
If you love Love/Hate, join us. If you haven’t – and hate spoilers – don’t.
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Jun 3rd 2020, 6:43 PM
'I thought ... Jaysus I won't be here again': 20 years on from the Irish Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
We take a look at the good, bad and the bizarrre of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday in The Tube.
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May 27th 2020, 6:30 PM
Before Normal People: A brief history of Irish TV sex controversies
Introducing The Tube: We’ll be taking a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of Ireland’s TV past every Wednesday evening.
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May 20th 2020, 9:49 PM
This campaign to get people to chat to each other on the Tube isn't going down well at all
Commute time is quiet time!
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Sep 29th 2016, 11:10 AM
Ten years on from 7/7 - ceremonies have been held across London as the city remembers
52 people were killed and hundreds were injured in a series of bombings aimed at London’s transport systems on 7 July, 2005.
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Jul 7th 2015, 8:08 PM
Now Turkey's banned Youtube
The move comes a day after a court ordered the suspension of a ban on Twitter.
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Mar 27th 2014, 6:13 PM