First Edition (TV series)

For the Australian television program, see First Edition (Australian TV program).

First Edition
Created by	Virgin Media NewsTV3 News
Presented by	Alan Cantwell Gráinne Seoige
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	TV3, Westgate Business Park, Dublin 24, Ireland
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	TV3
Release	12 April 1999 (1999-04-12) – 18 March 2001 (2001-03-18)
Related
3News at 5.30 TV3 News @ 6 TV3 News @ 7

First Edition was the early evening news programme on the Irish television network TV3. It was produced by the TV3 News division.

First Edition, presented by main newscasters Alan Cantwell and Colette Fitzpatrick, was a thirty-minute news programme covering Irish national and international news stories, broadcast at 5:30pm from Monday to Sunday.

History

When TV3 launched on 20 September 1998 its early evening news programme was called TV3 News @ 6. It provided a comprehensive view of the day's main international and national news stories, was presented by Alan Cantwell and Gráinne Seoige and was in direct competition with RTÉ News: Six One. This period of direct rivalry with RTÉ only lasted for a year as TV3 decided to break up the hour-long programme. As a result of this two new programmes – First Edition at 5:30pm and TV3 News @ 7 – were launched. Both programmes were still fronted by Cantwell and Seoige, while First Edition became Ireland's first early evening news programme.

On 19 March 2001 First Edition was relaunched as TV3 News at 5.30 with Cantwell and Seoige still remaining at the helm.

Newscasters

Main newscaster

Years	Newscaster	Other roles	Previous roles
1998–1999	Alan Cantwell
1998–1999	Gráinne Seoige