Live TV, eh?
It seems that RTE had a few technical issues this evening as the planned broadcast of the 9 0’Clock News was delayed by 11 minutes.
Those pesky gremlins in the system meant that the station had to initially display a blue backdrop before cutting to a series of advertisements that were played on a loop.
Newsreader Eileen Dunne is the toast of Twitter this evening though after she performed absolute heroics to deliver the people of Ireland their news.
The incident prompted a few funny tweets from people all over the country but on a serious note, fair play to all the staff at RTÉ because this type of problem is extremely difficult to solve when dealing with the stresses of live TV.
Apologies again for the delay in bringing you tonight's @rtenews, we are now back up and running with Eileen Dunne in the newsroom
— RTÉ One (@RTEOne) October 5, 2015
Waiting for the 9 o'clock news @rtenews pic.twitter.com/jMQwpRDckH
— database__error (@database__error) October 5, 2015
@RTEOne @rtenews Have you plugged it out and plugged it in again?
— Joe Noonan (@NoonanJoe) October 5, 2015
No news is good news, right? @rtenews
— Niall Sargent 🕵️ (@Niall_Sargent) October 5, 2015
Those fittest families must be exhausted @rtenews #rtenews
— Ruth Gallagher (@RGallr) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/JasonAKeane/status/651128039976251396
https://twitter.com/gavnugent/status/651128626096685058
Fair play to Eileen Dunne and @rtenews team – pretty hefty tech meltdown (no autocue, no backdrops, fixed cameras) but still getting it out
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) October 5, 2015
Someone pour Eileen a drink #WellPlayed @rtenews
— Susan Keogh (@susankeoghnews) October 5, 2015
Poor aul Eileen Dunne is earning her few bob tonight…#RTENews @rtenews
— Carl Mullan (@CarlMullan) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/clawlerama/status/651129818587643904
.@rtenews 9 O'clock starting late. We've officially descended in2 anarchy. #rtenews #ireland #sufferingjesus #maaa pic.twitter.com/w0gp8NvDTc
— Niamh (@Foleyeo) October 5, 2015
New Floating Head presenter is excellent @rtenews! pic.twitter.com/izyRYe4SZp
— Carl Mullan (@CarlMullan) October 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/Fergal/status/651128183438209028
Looks like teleprompter is back. Well done Eileen you played a blinder. #rtenews @rtenews
— Rach (@Rachum) October 5, 2015
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