RTE News and Close - 8th November 1987

[@andy240190]

Great memories from these adverts when I was young oh I wish I could go back to these days

[@kinetsievarvenfloot1237]

Vere Wynne-Jones was only 37 here!

[@quemlar]

Thank you for the memories!

[@cahillconsultancy]

Reader is the late Vere Wynne-Jones RIP.

[@Lwyse96]

He died in 2006.

[@Lwyse96]

He died from cancer on 23rd July 2006, aged 56.

[@ivandinsmore6217]

@@Lwyse96 Didn't know that. Very sad.

[@martinwalsh3228]

Also there is adverts for Dublin Opinion and Bovril included this RTE advert break from the late '80's. Plus news, weather and closedown.

[@ivandinsmore6217]

Lovely calming piece of music to end the day with. Very relaxing and soothing.

[@erickrosales2590]

It’s the national anthem of Ireland

[@raygreen5926]

Sanatogen multivitamins and the national anthem elicit wholesome memories for me. The horror of the Enniskillen bomb and on the same day the Border Fox shooting up a town in Louth after a domestic with his wife. Dessie O'hare /aka the Border Fox/ a man of innocuous appearance but a veritable madman and fearless when in possession of a weapon. Even now after all these years, he is incarcerated again in Portlaoise prison. ♣️

[@clearskies]

Mark Williams @1.10 before was part of The Fast Show

[@cormacdoheny470]

And, later, Harry Potter.

[@richardsharpe2966]

RTE like SABC would open and close in two different languages RTE English and Irish Gaelic SABC English and Afrikaans

[@darrenbelton2523]

The late Vere Wynne Jones. Another great newsreader. He was quite young when he died in July 2006.

[@stigwardduke7546]

8 November 1987 - the same year the Enniskillen bombing took place.

[@quran6145]

Over 30 years ago

[@ivandinsmore6217]

Same day.

[@johnburns6422]

How R T E has fallen to a very low dept , There was a time when the news readers diction was just perfect they would pause before reading the next news item , Today there is one whose voice is more like that of a Corncrake and her clothing resembles something from a jumble sale ,another claims Kerry heritage { shame on you for such a claim ] Bryan Dobson ,Eileen Whelan, Eileen Dunn ,and the cream of presenters is AUDREY CARVILLE are Excellent , and where is our national anthem , yes i know there is 24 hour broadcasting but so also is there 24 broadcasting at BBC radio 4 but they play their national anthem EVERY night as a mark of RESPECT to the licence and tax payer ,Thank You.

[@brucedanton3669]

It is much the same here in Britain also though on the BBC and ITV really too alas somehow; even the other channels there are too alas. Perhaps it is that times have altered or changed I wonder too though of course I wonder?

[@europa2000man]

BBC Radio 4 plays the national anthem because it closes down for the night before handing over transmissions to the BBC World Service until the morning.

[@shaunmanning8698]

Bring this back our national Ireland song

[@tfttelevisionuk2794]

3:30 What is the music for this?

[@user-ht8pn6dv9j]

Were there any Dubliners who actually spoke like Ron Cockburn and Vere Wynne-Jones in real life? (Wynne-Jones is from Limerick, according to Wikipedia, but to me his accent sounds just like Cockburn's anyway.)

[@stewartlynch7859]

Don Cockburn was a genuine Dubliner. Before working in RTÉ he worked for Dublin Corporation. Hence his off screen accent was pure Dublin.

[@martinwalsh3228]

Adverts are Panasonic video, Sanatogen & Mr, Kipling chocolate cakes,

[@NeuroticNicky87]

Justin Rice Mark Williams (or Arthur Weasley, if you prefer)

[@darrenbelton2523]

Was that on a Sunday?

[@adamstamps3568]

it must have been

[@surajchoudhury372]

Closedown announcer's name is Kieran Fitzgerald.

[@johnking5174]

Yes, he actually said it on air

[@brix25]

So they had no teleprompter.

[@pauldunneska]

All the News was about on that day is "The Troubles" in the occupied stolen six counties of Ulster. I wish they still played the Irish National Anthem at midnight every night.

[@086DEN]

Give it a rest and go back to bed

[@pauldunneska]

@@086DEN Tiocfaidh ár lá.

[@pauldunneska]

@@russellfisher8931 insidious methods in what way?

[@shaunmanning8698]

Great day's

[@johnking5174]

Wow, so in 1987 on a Monday, the national channel of the Irish Republic would go off the air at around 11.30pm. That is very early! Did RTE ever stay up late during the 80s?

[@johnking5174]

RTE JR? Is that a kids channel?

[@johnking5174]

Hang on, sorry, they repeat news bulletins??? So say their lunchtime news is at 1pm, is that repeated right through the day until their evening news?

[@johnking5174]

I do remember with the old ITV News Channel which closed in 2005, they would re-run the News at 10.30 from 1.00am-5.30am overnight, but have short live summaries on the hour. Shame your RTE could not do this, maybe have live updates on the hour before the re-run material. Then having euronews on overnight is a joke, why do they bother?

[@johnking5174]

I heard that RTE provides no breakfast television service at all. It is 2016 and they just air teleshopping, euronews and I could not believe it, a repeat of the previous day's daytime show called "Today". Does that still happen?

[@cormacdoheny470]

+John King Even back then, I don't think they'd close down that early, though, usually.

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