Ireland AM
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Ireland AM logo used since 31 July 2015
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| Genre | Breakfast television programme |
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| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Celine Mc Gillycuddy |
| Producer(s) | Sinead Ryan |
| Location(s) | TV3 Sony HD Studios, Ballymount, Dublin |
| Running time | 180 minutes (3 hours) |
| Production company(s) | TV3 Group |
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| Original network |
TV3 3e |
| Picture format | 480i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Original release | 20 September 1999 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Saturday AM (2015-) Sunday AM (2015-) |
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| Website | |
Ireland AM is an Irish morning television show on TV3. It airs live every weekday morning from 07:00 to 10:00. The program features news, current affairs, weather updates, showbiz, fashion, beauty, food, health, home and garden. Its current presenters are Mark Cagney, Sinead Desmond, Aidan Cooney, Alan Hughes and Ciara Doherty (joined July 2015).
Anna Daly left the show in July 2015 to take up her new role on Saturday AM and Sunday AM which began from 29 August 2015.
The show is currently sponsored by P&G, previously sponsored by Unilever and Kellogg's.
Ireland AM was launched on 20 September 1999 on the 1st anniversary of TV3's launch, the first show of its kind in Ireland. It was originally on air from 7:00am to 9:00am, hosted by Mark Cagney and Amanda Byram. The show went on air almost a year after TV3 launched, and was seen as an attempt by the station to improve ratings. A number of years after the start of the show TV3 executives decided on an extra hour for the show, the show now finishes at 10am.
In March 2004, Claire left the show in order to replace Gráinne Seoige as the main news anchor on TV3. Byrne was replaced by Maura Derrane, a news presenter on the channel. In October 2005, Mark Cagney was nominated and later won the TV Personality of the Year Award at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs). After two years as co-host, Maura Derrane left the show in September 2006. She was replaced by television newcomer Sinead Desmond.
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