Nuacht TG4

Nuacht TG4 (TG4 News; pronounced [ˈn̪ˠuəxt̪ˠ ˌtʲeːɟeː ˈcahəɾʲ]) is an Irish television news programme on TG4. It is broadcast weekday evenings at 7pm, live from the broadcaster's studios in Baile na hAbhann, County Galway. A shortened edition of the programme is broadcast on weekend evenings at around 6:45pm.

Nuacht TG4
Presented by	Siún Nic Gearailt Eimear Ní Chonaola
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	Irish
Production
Production locations	Baile na hAbhann, Galway
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	TG4
Related
Nuacht RTÉ RTÉ News Virgin Media News

Format and presenters

The programme is anchored by Siún Nic Gearailt and Eimear Ní Chonaola with Eibhlín Ní Choistealbha, Maolra Mac Donnchadha, Máire Ní Mhadaoin,and Ruairí Mac Con Iomaire occasionally substituting.

Nuacht TG4 also broadcasts a weekly programme called Timpeall na Tíre, which is a review of the week's top stories from Nuacht TG4.

TG4 provides an overnight international news service in the form of a simulcast of the English-language version of French public news station France 24.

Nuacht TG4 programme has an average viewership of 35–40,000.

Since 2010, Nóiméad Nuachta (News Minute) has broadcast each week day at 1:55pm.

History

Nuacht TnaG initially was broadcast at 22:00 each night, later moving to 20:00 and finally to 19:00 where it currently remains. From 1996 to 1998 Gráinne Seoige was the main news anchor for the channel, in 1998 she moved to TV3 to launch their main evening news where she remained until 2004. In 1998, Ailbhe Ó Monachain became TG4's main news anchor. With the rebranding of TnaG as TG4 the news service also renamed as Nuacht TG4. In 2006, Eimear Ní Chonaola became TG4's main news anchor.

External links

• http://www.tg4.ie/stud/nuac/nuac.asp
• RTÉ News
• Nuacht RTÉ