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.ib-tv-network-release th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1}</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>Virgin Media News</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virgin_Media_News.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Virgin_Media_News.png/200px-Virgin_Media_News.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Virgin_Media_News.png/300px-Virgin_Media_News.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Virgin_Media_News.png 2x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="302" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data ib-tv-aka">TV3 News (1998–2017)<br />3News Ireland (2017–2018)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Colette_Fitzpatrick" title="Colette Fitzpatrick">Colette Fitzpatrick</a><br />Geraldine Lynagh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multiple-camera_setup" title="Multiple-camera setup">Multi-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">25 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Television_(Republic_of_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland)">Virgin Media Television</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_One" title="Virgin Media One">Virgin Media One</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Two" title="Virgin Media Two">Virgin Media Two</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Three" title="Virgin Media Three">Virgin Media Three</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">20 September 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-09-20</span>)</span> –<br />present</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Virgin Media News</b> (formerly <b>TV3 News</b> and then <b>3News Ireland</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the news division of <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Television_(Ireland)" title="Virgin Media Television (Ireland)">Virgin Media Television</a> in Ireland, owned by <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Global" title="Liberty Global">Liberty Global</a>. The news division produces news and current affairs programming for free-to-air channels <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_One" title="Virgin Media One">Virgin Media One</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Two" title="Virgin Media Two">Virgin Media Two</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Three" title="Virgin Media Three">Virgin Media Three</a>; online (virginmediatelevision.ie), on streaming (<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Play" title="Virgin Media Play">Virgin Media Play</a>), and on mobile. </p><p>Its flagship programme is the daily evening news from 5.30 pm with <a href="/wiki/Colette_Fitzpatrick" title="Colette Fitzpatrick">Colette Fitzpatrick</a>; other programmes include news bulletins on <a href="/wiki/Ireland_AM" title="Ireland AM">Ireland AM</a>, News at 12:30 and News at 7. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The service was first launched on September 20, 1998, then branded as TV3 News and later as 3News hosted by <a href="/wiki/Grainne_Seoige" class="mw-redirect" title="Grainne Seoige">Grainne Seoige</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Cantwell" title="Alan Cantwell">Alan Cantwell</a>. Virgin Media News launched its first news bulletin on September 20, 1998 under the <i><a href="/wiki/TV3_News_@_6" title="TV3 News @ 6">TV3 News @ 6</a></i> branding airing Monday – Friday for an hour at 18:00, with half an hour bulletins on Saturdays and Sundays. A year later following a failed attempt to compete with <i><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_News:_Six_One" title="RTÉ News: Six One">RTÉ News: Six One</a></i> this bulletin was moved to 17:30 and 19:00. Following the TV3 Group's acquisition of content from ITV and a schedule change the 19:00 bulletin was moved to <i>News @ 6.30</i> eventually being dropped in April 2007. For a time, the 17:30 programme was called <i>First Edition</i>. </p><p>TV3 News <i>Tonight</i>, <i>Late Edition</i> or <i>Nightly News</i> was first broadcast on Monday 21 September 1998 at 23:00. It aired at 23:00 each weeknight for 30 minutes. It was hosted by either of its two main anchors each taking alternative nights. In 2008, TV3 News axed the late news in preference for <i>TV3 Nightly News with Vincent Browne</i> which also aired for 30 minutes until 2009 when the show was rebranded as <i><a href="/wiki/Tonight_with_Vincent_Browne" title="Tonight with Vincent Browne">Tonight with Vincent Browne</a></i>. <i>TV3 Nightly News</i> continued to air on Friday nights until 2009 when it was replaced with <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Political_Party_(television)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Political Party (television) (page does not exist)">The Political Party</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years">Later years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following with tradition of other European broadcasters,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (October 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the broadcaster began a news service from Monday 30 March 2015.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> '<b>TV3 News at 8'</b> has the same format as <i>The 5:30</i> and <i>The 12:30</i>. Many European broadcasters have a news programme among its primetime schedule.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2017, €3 million was invested in news output by the broadcaster featuring a "state of the art" studio which launched on 4 September 2017.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sponsorship_controversy">Sponsorship controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sponsorship controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From September 2009, the programme<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What programme? (October 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> was renamed <i>Tonight with Vincent Browne</i>, after a deal was signed with <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Scotland_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of Scotland (Ireland)">Bank of Scotland (Ireland)</a> to sponsor the programme. Due to legislation from the <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_Commission_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcasting Commission of Ireland">Broadcasting Commission of Ireland</a> and similar <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> rules preventing a news programme from being sponsored, it was no longer to be branded as "TV3 News" and officially considered to be an "entertainment/lifestyle" programme rather than news or current affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CEO of TV3 David McRedmond is also a Director of Bank of Scotland (Ireland).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sponsorship was short lived. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_Virgin_Media_News_programmes">Current Virgin Media News programmes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current Virgin Media News programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ireland_AM" title="Ireland AM">Ireland AM</a></i> bulletins hosted by Siobhan Bastible, Geraldine Lynagh or Anne O'Donnell <b>(Virgin Media One)</b></li> <li><i>Virgin Media News at 12.30</i> with Colette Fitzpatrick <b>(Virgin Media One)</b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_News_at_5.30" title="Virgin Media News at 5.30">Virgin Media News at 5.30</a></i> with Colette Fitzpatrick, Geraldine Lynagh and Caroline Twohig <b>(Virgin Media One)</b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_News_at_8.00" title="Virgin Media News at 8.00">Virgin Media News at 7.00</a></i> with Caroline Twohig and Claire Brock <b>(Virgin Media One)</b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_(Irish_TV_programme)" title="The Tonight Show (Irish TV programme)">The Tonight Show</a></i> with Claire Brock and Ciara Doherty <b>(Virgin Media One)</b></li> <li><i>Virgin Media News 60 Second Update</i> <b>(Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Three)</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_Virgin_Media_News_programmes">Former Virgin Media News programmes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Former Virgin Media News programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Pat Kenny's Big Debate</li> <li>TV3 News at 6</li> <li><i>Agenda</i> (returned after 10 years in Autumn 2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tonight_with_Vincent_Browne" title="Tonight with Vincent Browne">Tonight with Vincent Browne</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tonight_with_Vincent_Browne" title="Tonight with Vincent Browne">Tonight: The People's Debate</a></i></li> <li><i>Week in Politics</i></li> <li><i>The Political Party</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/20/20_(US_television_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="20/20 (US television series)">20/20</a></i> (1998–2000) – an Irish edition of the popular U.S. series.</li> <li><i>The Week in Review</i></li> <li><i>Business Matters</i></li> <li><i>Midweek</i></li> <li><i>The Late Review</i> (July 2015- September 2015)</li> <li>The Thread</li> <li>FYI</li> <li>3e News</li> <li>Pat Kenny Tonight</li> <li>3News Update – afternoon news bulletin on <a href="/wiki/3e" class="mw-redirect" title="3e">3e</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3News_at_7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3News at 7 (page does not exist)">3News at 7</a> on be3 with Claire Brock</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3News_at_10" class="mw-redirect" title="3News at 10">3News at 10</a> on be3 with Claire Brock</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=News_on_Two&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="News on Two (page does not exist)">News on Two</a> at 22:00</i> with hosted by Claire Brock</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_programming">Additional programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Additional programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In house news documentaries include <i>Ireland's Crime Capitals</i>, a sensationalist show that observes crime in Ireland; <i>Gift of Life</i>, a three part special focusing on donor donations; <i>Surviving the Recession</i>, a one-off special looking at life in Ireland and the recession. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CNN_on_Virgin_Media_News">CNN on Virgin Media News</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: CNN on Virgin Media News"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, the American cable news channel, often airs on TV3 News when major breaking news stories are taking place, particularly major events in the United States. CNN made its first appearance on TV3 News on <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">11 September 2001</a>. CNN services have also been availed of during the 2008 election of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> and the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Death of Michael Jackson">Death of Michael Jackson</a>. As part of the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 United States presidential election</a>, Virgin Media News confirmed that both CNN US and TV3 became media partners in the coverage in Ireland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> CNN US reporters will<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> regularly contribute to Virgin Media News programming.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_programmes">Former programmes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Former programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agenda_(television)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agenda (television) (page does not exist)">Agenda</a></i> was a political magazine show hosted by <a href="/wiki/David_McWilliams_(economics_pundit)" class="mw-redirect" title="David McWilliams (economics pundit)">David McWilliams</a>; it ran from 1998 to 2001 on Sunday mornings and repeated in the afternoon. The series returned as part of TV3's Autumn 2016 schedule however it only lasted a further season. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Political_Party_(television)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Political Party (television) (page does not exist)">The Political Party</a></i> was a politically themed chat show, hosted by TV3's political editor <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Halligan" title="Ursula Halligan">Ursula Halligan</a>, which originally aired Sundays at 17:00 before being moved to Fridays at 23:00 in late 2008. However the show was axed in March 2009 due to falling advertising revenues at the station. Both shows were produced independently of TV3. </p><p>In 2009, TV3 announced a new business show that would effectively replace the original slot held by both <i>Agenda</i> and <i>The Political Party</i> airing every Sunday at midday. The programme was called <i>Business Matters</i>. The series was hosted by <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Yates" title="Ivan Yates">Ivan Yates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Business Matters</i> began on 13 September 2009, but just lasted 19 episodes. The series was produced in house by TV3. In 2009, TV3 also started to broadcast the current affairs show <i>Midweek</i>, which airs weekly each Wednesday night and focuses on the latest political and topical issues affecting Ireland. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Midweek_(Irish_TV_series)" title="Midweek (Irish TV series)">Midweek</a></i> was hosted by TV3 News presenter <a href="/wiki/Colette_Fitzpatrick" title="Colette Fitzpatrick">Colette Fitzpatrick</a>. The show began on 16 September 2009. It was a much more tabloid version of other current affairs shows on Irish television dealing with issues such as <a href="/wiki/Mail-order_bride" title="Mail-order bride">mail-order brides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">alternative medicine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gangland_killing" title="Gangland killing">gangland crime</a>, etc. <i>Midweek</i> aired on Wednesdays at 22:00. In July 2014 it was announced that <i>Midweek</i> would not be returning instead it is to be replaced by a special documentaries unit at TV3.<sup id="cite_ref-tv3.ie_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tv3.ie-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the station's launch, a 30-minute news bulletin was broadcast at weekends. However, in December 2008, these weekend bulletins were reduced to five minutes, this cut blamed on a downturn in advertising revenues. According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Business_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sunday Business Post">The Sunday Business Post</a></i>, TV3 had to cut 15 jobs and 15 freelance jobs in the company to save money. </p><p>TV3 News aired at the beginning of <i><a href="/wiki/Midday_(Irish_talk_show)" title="Midday (Irish talk show)">Midday</a></i>. As of 2 June 2014 TV3 News no longer airs at the beginning of <i>Midday</i> as the show begins at 11:30. </p><p><i>Friday Late with Vincent Browne</i> appeared in 2011 and was a more relaxed version of the heavy political debate of <i>Tonight with Vincent Browne</i>. After successful ratings of the more easy-going Friday night election specials in the run-up to the <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011 Irish general election</a>, which often featured <a href="/wiki/Marie-Louise_O%27Donnell" title="Marie-Louise O'Donnell">Marie-Louise O'Donnell</a> as guest, TV3 chose to continue in the same vein with a new spin-off show entitled <i>Friday Late with Vincent Browne</i>, presented from the <i><a href="/wiki/Ireland_AM" title="Ireland AM">Ireland AM</a></i> studio by Vincent Browne, and taking on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Late_Show_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Late Late Show (Ireland)">The Late Late Show</a></i>, presented by <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Tubridy" title="Ryan Tubridy">Ryan Tubridy</a> on <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_One" title="RTÉ One">RTÉ One</a>. <i>Friday Late with Vincent Browne</i> featured guests such as <a href="/wiki/Ray_D%27Arcy" title="Ray D'Arcy">Ray D'Arcy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Martin" title="Linda Martin">Linda Martin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jedward" title="Jedward">Jedward</a> in its first episode. Subsequent episodes featured guests such as <a href="/wiki/David_McSavage" title="David McSavage">David McSavage</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paddy_Cole&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paddy Cole (page does not exist)">Paddy Cole</a>. Browne introduced entrepreneur Norah Casey as "Norah Carey".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was soon discontinued. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/3e#News_and_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="3e">3e News</a></i> broadcast on TV3's sister channel <a href="/wiki/3e" class="mw-redirect" title="3e">3e</a>. It was aimed at the 15- to 36-year-old age group. It is presented by Caroline Twohig (News), Paul Walsh (Sport) and <a href="/wiki/Cassie_Stokes" title="Cassie Stokes">Cassie Stokes</a> (Technology). Reports are sourced from the TV3 newsroom, however TV3 state that the news content is entirely different from that of <i><a href="/wiki/TV3_News#TV3_News_at_5.30" class="mw-redirect" title="TV3 News">TV3 News at 5:30</a></i>. <i>3e News</i> broadcast daily from the TV3 newsroom at 18:00 Monday to Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>3e also broadcast regular one-minute news updates. The programme first started broadcasting shortly after TV3 renamed Channel 6 as 3e. The updates last for one minute, and start at 19:00 and broadcast thereafter, every hour, at 20:00, and 21:00. The programme gives viewers a one-minute news summary, with all of the days main news headlines. </p><p><i>3e News</i> was renamed <i><a href="/wiki/3e#News_and_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="3e">FYI</a></i> (For Your Information) from 10 March 2010. The show's presenters remain on in their current roles and the format of an interactive news aimed at the 15- to 35-year-old age group remains. It also featured the 'Top 5 Downloads' which are five internet clips at the end of every 18:00 show.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="News_team">News team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: News team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-List_missing_criteria plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list has no <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LSC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LSC">precise inclusion criteria</a></b> as described in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists">Manual of Style for standalone lists</a>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit">improve this article</a> by adding inclusion criteria, or discuss this issue on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Virgin_Media_News" title="Talk:Virgin Media News">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some Virgin Media News team members include the below.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Note, the main and relief news presenters are all female.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colette_Fitzpatrick" title="Colette Fitzpatrick">Colette Fitzpatrick</a> – Main news anchor for Virgin Media News at 12:30 and 5.30</li> <li>Caroline Twohig– Main news anchor for Virgin Media News at 7</li> <li>Hannah Murphy — Relief presenter</li> <li>Aisling Roache — Relief presenter</li> <li>Geraldine Lynagh — Relief presenter</li> <li>Anne O’Donnell - Relief presenter</li> <li>Siobhan Bastible - Relief presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Chambers_(journalist)" title="Richard Chambers (journalist)">Richard Chambers</a> - News Correspondent</li> <li>Zara King - Southern News Correspondent</li> <li>Gavan Reilly - Political Correspondent</li> <li>Paul Colgan - Economics Correspondent</li> <li>Deborah Naylor - Courts Correspondent (Currently on Maternity Leave)</li> <li>Maxine Bramley - Mid-Western Reporter</li> <li>Paul Quinn - News Reporter</li> <li>Aisling Ní Choisdealbh - News Reporter</li> <li>Nicole Gernon - News Reporter</li> <li>Ger Treacy - Sports anchor and reporter</li> <li>Bernard O'Toole - Sports anchor and reporter</li> <li>Ann-Marie Keegan - Sports anchor and reporter</li> <li>Will Dalton - Sports anchor and reporter</li> <li>Deric Ó hArtagáin - Weather Presenter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_news_presenters_and_reporters">Former news presenters and reporters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Media_News&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Former news presenters and reporters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Byrne" title="Claire Byrne">Claire Byrne</a> (moved to RTÉ One and RTÉ Radio 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Kennedy_(journalist)" title="Ray Kennedy (journalist)">Ray Kennedy</a> (moved to Sky News Ireland, then to RTÉ News)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grainne_Seoighe" 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