1 January –
RTÉ presents Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000, coverage of the turn of the millennium from 31 December 1999 into 1 January 2000. The programme is part of the international strand 2000 Today to celebrate the occasion.
13 March – Long running news and current affairs programme Nationwide begins its first ever transmission on
RTÉ 1.
13 March – After a very long absence, Welsh children's
stop-motion animated series Fireman Sam returns to air on Irish television with
Network 2 screening it as part of Den2.
1 May – Doctor Who: The Movie, the television film based on the Doctor Who television series receives its very first broadcast on television in the Republic of Ireland. Starring
Paul McGann as the
Eighth Doctor, the film is transmitted on
TV3 from 3:55pm to 5:30pm.
11 September – The UK broadcaster
Granada Media plc agrees to acquire 45% of
TV3 from the channel's original consortium as part of a deal giving TV3 the right to simulcast programming with
ITV.[2]
Undated –
RTÉ undergoes a programme of re-structuring.[1]
Undated – RTÉ establishes a Programme Development Fund to invest £25 million in indigenous programming over the next five years.[1]
Undated – By the end of 2000, RTÉ has a deficit of £11.23 million. Public funding for the broadcaster has been increased only once in the previous fifteen years.[1]
1 January –
RTÉ presents Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000, coverage of the turn of the millennium from 31 December 1999 into 1 January 2000. The programme is part of the international strand 2000 Today to celebrate the occasion.
13 March – Long running news and current affairs programme Nationwide begins its first ever transmission on
RTÉ 1.
13 March – After a very long absence, Welsh children's
stop-motion animated series Fireman Sam returns to air on Irish television with
Network 2 screening it as part of Den2.
1 May – Doctor Who: The Movie, the television film based on the Doctor Who television series receives its very first broadcast on television in the Republic of Ireland. Starring
Paul McGann as the
Eighth Doctor, the film is transmitted on
TV3 from 3:55pm to 5:30pm.
11 September – The UK broadcaster
Granada Media plc agrees to acquire 45% of
TV3 from the channel's original consortium as part of a deal giving TV3 the right to simulcast programming with
ITV.[2]
Undated –
RTÉ undergoes a programme of re-structuring.[1]
Undated – RTÉ establishes a Programme Development Fund to invest £25 million in indigenous programming over the next five years.[1]
Undated – By the end of 2000, RTÉ has a deficit of £11.23 million. Public funding for the broadcaster has been increased only once in the previous fifteen years.[1]