RTÉ News: One O'Clock

*RTÉ News: One O'Clock*
RTÉ News: One O'Clock
Also known as	Lunchtime News
Genre	News
Created by	RTÉ News
Presented by	Eileen Whelan; Ray Kennedy
Country of origin	Ireland
Original languages	English, Irish
Production
Production locations	Studio 3, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes (Weekday); 10 minutes (Weekend);
Original release
Network	RTÉ One; RTÉ News channel
Release	16 October 1989 –; present
Related
	RTÉ News: Six One ; RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock

RTÉ News: One O'Clock is the afternoon news programme broadcast each afternoon on Irish television channel RTÉ One at 1:00pm. The bulletin airs until 1:25pm Monday to Friday and until 1:10pm on Saturday and Sunday.

It is presented by Eileen Whelan on weekdays and Ray Kennedy on weekends.

One O'Clock News is produced by RTÉ News and Current Affairs, a division of Raidio Teilifis Éireann.

History

The News at One launched on 16 October 1989 together with an extended daytime television service on RTÉ 1. The original presenter was Éamonn Lawlor, who had returned to Ireland after ten years as Europe correspondent for RTÉ News. A unified look across all RTÉ news output was immediately introduced with the News at One using the same theme music, opening titles and promos as the early evening Six One bulletin.

The One O'Clock News is usually presented by either Ray Kennedy and Eileen Whelan. Relief presenters include Sharon Tobin, Kate Egan, Vivienne Traynor, Carla O'Brien and eibhlin ni choistealbha. The programme is shorter than other RTÉ News bulletins, running for about 25 minutes. During the summer months of late July and for all of August the programme is reduced in length to just under 15 minutes in duration.

Until 2009, RTÉ broadcast a short Irish language news summary Cinnlinte Nuachta following RTÉ News: One O'Clock. This broadcast was discontinued in 2009 following Nuacht RTÉ's move from Montrose to Baile na hAbhann, County Galway. RTÉ now broadcasts a business news update as part of the RTÉ News: One O'Clock bulletin in its place.

As of 2019, the programme is the first RTÉ TV News of the day on RTÉ TV. The first morning news on TV airs on the RTÉ News channel and is a simulcast of Morning Ireland from RTÉ Radio 1.

Presenters

Current

Presenter	Role
Eileen Whelan	Weekday anchor
Ray Kennedy	Weekend anchor
Sharon Tobin	Relief presenter
Kate Egan	Relief presenter
Vivienne Traynor	Relief presenter
Carla O'Brien	Relief presenter

Former presenters

Presenter	Years	Other roles
Éamonn Lawlor	1989–1990	Former Six One presenters
Bryan Dobson	1990–1992
Caitríona Perry	2018–2023

External links

RTÉ News
RTÉ News: One O'Clock — lists recent One O'Clock programs and links to their RealPlayer streams