RTÉ News on Two

RTÉ News on Two
On-screen logo 9 February 2009
Also known as	NewsNight (1978 - 1988), Network News (1988 - 1997), News2 (1997 - 2004)
Presented by	Eileen Whelan, Aengus MacGrianna & Una O'Hagan.
Country of origin	Republic of Ireland
Original language(s)	English
Production
Location(s)	Donnybrook, Dublin
Editor(s)	Lynsey Kiely, Bethan Kilfoil, Paul Tanney & Aisling Bastable
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	10 minutes
Release
Original network	RTÉ Two
Original release	2 November 1978 – 18 September 2014
Chronology
Followed by	News Feed
Related shows	RTÉ News: Six One, RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock
External links
Website

RTÉ News on Two was a late night news programme that aired each Monday to Thursday on Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ Two. The transmission time of this programme varied each night. It generally aired between 22:45 and 23:30. It ran for 10 minutes. Until January 2013, the programme was broadcast every Monday to Thursday, lasting 22 Minutes. A world weather forecast followed each broadcast.

RTÉ News on Two took a different agenda to other RTÉ News and Current Affairs programmes. Its content was customised for a younger audience, and presenters and journalists tend to use more informal language on the programme. From October 2006 the bulletin was presented by Eileen Whelan, following the departure of Anthony Murnane, who was with the programme from the beginning. Eamonn Falvey edited the programme from April 2007 until December 2009. Gareth O'Connor was the programme Editor until 2010. From January 2013, Aengus Mac Grianna presented the programme on a full-time basis (Monday - Thursday only). It was mainly presented by Eileen Whelan, Aengus MacGrianna & Una O'Hagan.

Form 5 March 2007 until 18 September 2014, RTÉ News on Two was streamed live on the internet and archive shows are available to view through the RTÉ website. For the duration of the 2011 general election campaign, RTÉ News on Two in its regular format was only aired on Thursday night, with a reformatted programme, The Eleventh Hour, airing Monday-Wednesday (with a short RTÉ News on Two extended summary airing beforehand).

The programme began as Newsnight in 1978 and was broadcast at the end of programming during much of the RTÉ Two's first 10 years on the air. It was largely an international news service with reports from BBC News, ITN, ABC News, CBS and other American networks.

On 3 October 1988, RTÉ Two re-launched as Network 2 and their news programme was relaunched as Network News - it was a regular RTÉ News and Current Affairs but the name reflected the name of the channel it was broadcast on.