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List of years in Irish television:

1978 1979 1980 – 1991 – 1982 1983 1984

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1981.

Events

  • April - The Working Party on Women in Broadcasting presents its report to the RTÉ Authority.
  • 4 April - Ireland hosts the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the previous year.
  • 17 June - RTÉ broadcast seventeen continuous hours of coverage of the 1980 General Election.
  • 30 June - Patrick Cooney is appointed Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.
  • 11 November - RTÉ Television begins airing the Irish language adult education programme Anois 's Arís.
  • Undated - RTÉ is given special government permission to broadcast two television programmes that are part of a series jointly produced with the BBC titled The Troubles. The programmes include interviews with organisations banned from the media by Section 31 of the Broadcasting Authority Act.

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