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49-764: Ireland Live was an Irish television news and current affairs service produced by UTV Ireland . Ireland Live featured national, international and regional news, including extended reports, interviews and sports coverage during its flagship hour-long programme at 10pm on weeknights. UTV Ireland's chief news anchor was Alison Comyn . The news service was produced and broadcast from UTV Ireland's headquarters at Macken House in Dublin's Docklands, with district reporters and camera crews based at regional newsrooms in Cork , Limerick and Galway . UTV's Northern Ireland newsrooms in Belfast , Derry and
98-480: A New Year's Day -themed launch special, Out with the Old — In with the U , which was hosted by veteran personality Pat Kenny and featured appearances by Hozier , Tommy Bowe , and other network personalities. Five days later, the channel launched its national news service, Ireland Live . In June 2015, UTV Group reported losses of €16.2 million on the channel due to poor daytime and weekend ratings performance, and it
147-548: A 10-year agreement between ITV plc and the TV3 Group . The channel also airs repeats of US court series Judge Judy and several ITV shows, such as Loose Women (live), Dickinson's Real Deal , Surprise Surprise , Who's Doing the Dishes? , The Cube and The Chase . Acquired drama series include Wentworth and Bull . It also airs ITV dramas and comedies such as Benidorm , Doc Martin , Endeavour , Birds of
196-662: A Christian context is traced back to the Biblical Magi who gave gifts to the Christ Child . In Tudor England , 1 January (as the Feast of the Circumcision, not New Year's Day), along with Christmas Day and Twelfth Night , was celebrated as one of three main festivities among the twelve days of Christmastide . Most nations of Europe and their colonies officially adopted 1 January as New Year's Day somewhat before they adopted
245-653: A Feather , Midsomer Murders , Prime Suspect , Grantchester and Vera . As Virgin Media Three After positioned as a channel with a focus on mainly airing dramas from the ITV library such as Heartbeat , Inspector Morse and Lewis . As of 2024, Like Virgin Media Four , The schedule also has repeats of programming from other Virgin Media channels, mainly from the libraries of ITV Studios. New Year%27s Day In
294-464: A convention established by NASA , the Martian year begins on its Northward equinox , the spring equinox of its northern hemisphere. Its most recent New Year's Day (of MY 37) coincided with 26 December 2022 on Earth's Gregorian calendar. New Year's Day of MY 38 will coincide with 12 November 2024. The first of January represents the fresh start of a new year after a period of remembrance of
343-668: A large following in the Republic up until the 2000s but its audience share had diminished following the arrival of Sky TV , which does not carry UTV. The company had profited greatly from high audience ratings in the Republic due to spillover and cable connections in the 1980s and 1990s. By and large, UTV Ireland replicated the Northern Ireland service, with some variations due to domestic programme rights for programmes not produced by ITV Studios (such as The X Factor , whose rights were held by TV3). The Graham Norton Show also aired on
392-473: A lobbying campaign opposing UTV's license proposal. On 27 February 2014, the BAI approved UTV's license proposal. On 29 April 2014, Mary Curtis became UTV Ireland's first chief. On 1 December 2014, UTV Ireland was granted Public Service Status by Minister for Communications Alex White , allowing it to appear on Saorview. UTV Ireland launched at 7:25 p.m. on 1 January 2015; its opening night of programmes featured
441-726: A rebranding of all three TV3 channels under the Virgin Media brand. As of September 2024, The channel is voiced by Dave Cronin, who is the sole continuity announcer. When branded as UTV Ireland, the channel relied heavily on acquired ITV programming, but also broadcast some Irish-produced programming. Under the be3 brand, the channel was targeted towards women. Ireland Live was UTV Ireland's national news and current affairs service, airing two programmes at 5:30 and 10:00 p.m. on weeknights, and news cut-ins during Good Morning Britain . The station did not broadcast any weekend news programming, apart from morning weather forecasts. Following
490-519: A significant achievement by the teams in Dublin and Belfast in challenging circumstances", but that when ITV plc took over the network, they "concluded that bringing TV3 and UTV Ireland together under common ownership offers the best prospect of delivering a strong and sustainable Irish commercial broadcaster, underpinned by a long-term programming agreement with ITV". Virgin Media Ireland had acquired TV3 in 2015, and had begun to make major investments in
539-509: A superstition against allowing Rome's market days to fall on the kalends of January and the pontiffs employed intercalation to avoid its occurrence. The Julian calendar, proposed by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar . It took effect on 1 January 45 BC , by edict. The calendar became the predominant calendar in the Roman Empire and subsequently, most of
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#1732869638367588-807: The Baby New Year (or the "New Year"), an infant wearing a sash with the new year printed on it. Babies born on New Year's Day are commonly called New Year babies . Hospitals, such as the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center in the US, give out prizes to the first baby born in that hospital in the new year. These prizes are often donated by local businesses. Prizes may include various baby-related items such as baby formula , baby blankets , diapers , and gift certificates to stores which specialise in baby-related merchandise. On New Year's Day in Antarctica ,
637-515: The Gregorian calendar , New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year , 1 January. Most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice , while cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at less fixed points relative to the solar year . In pre-Christian Rome under
686-463: The Julian calendar , the day was dedicated to Janus , god of gateways and beginnings, for whom January is also named. From Roman times until the middle of the 18th century, the new year was celebrated at various stages and in various parts of Christian Europe on 25 December, on 1 March, on 25 March and on the movable feast of Easter . In the present day, with most countries now using
735-687: The Kingdom of Great Britain and the British Empire at the time had retained 25 March as the official start of the year, although informal use of 1 January had become common. With the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 , Britain and the Empire formally adopted 1 January as New Year's Day in 1752 and, with the same Act, also discarded the Julian calendar at the end of Wednesday, 2 September of that same year (though
784-846: The Parliament Buildings in Stormont are also utilised. International news coverage is provided by independent broadcast agency Feature Story News. UTV Ireland's head of news was Marcus Lehnen, with Margaret Ward and Cece Leadon as executive producers. IFTA 2016 Winner. Best news programme. ‘Brexit Special’. Ireland Live News at 5.30. Ireland Live broadcast a half-hour evening newscast and an hour-long programme at 10:00 p.m. Its early-evening news initially aired at 6:30 p.m. on weeknights until May 2015, when it moved to 5:30 p.m., putting it in direct comparison with TV3 's The 5.30 . In parallel with this change, UTV Ireland also began to broadcast hourly Ireland Live news updates throughout
833-534: The Western world for more than 1,600 years. The Roman calendar began the year on 1 January, and this remained the start of the year after the Julian reform. However, even after local calendars were aligned to the Julian calendar, they started the new year on different dates. The Alexandrian calendar in Egypt started on 29 August (30 August after an Alexandrian leap year). Several local provincial calendars were aligned to start on
882-940: The old Roman style ; 25 March in honour of Lady Day (the Feast of the Annunciation , the date of the conception of Jesus); and on the movable feast of Easter . As a date in the Christian calendar, New Year's Day liturgically marked the Feast of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus , which is still observed as such in the Anglican Church , the Lutheran Church , the Eastern Orthodox Church (Julian calendar, see below ) and in Traditional Catholicism by those who retain
931-550: The Gregorian calendar . France changed to 1 January from 1564, most of Germany did so from 1544, the Netherlands from 1556 or 1573 according to sect, Italy ( pre-unification ) did so on a variety of dates, Spain and Portugal from 1556, Sweden, Norway and Denmark from 1599, Scotland from 1600, and Russia from 1700 or 1725. England, Wales, Ireland, and Britain's American colonies adopted 1 January as New Year's Day from 1752. Until Tuesday, 31 December 1751 (except Scotland),
980-444: The Gregorian calendar as their civil calendar , 1 January according to Gregorian calendar is among the most celebrated of public holidays in the world, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight following New Year's Eve as the new year starts in each time zone. Other global New Year's Day traditions include making New Year's resolutions and calling one's friends and family. The ancient Babylonian calendar
1029-538: The Julian Calendar for ecclesiastical purposes. As 1 January (Julian) equates to 14 January (Gregorian), a religious celebration of the New Year on this date may seem strange to Western eyes. In cultures and religions that traditionally or currently use calendars other than the Gregorian, New Year's Day is often also an important celebration. Some countries concurrently use Gregorian and another calendar. New Year's Day in
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#17328696383671078-562: The Northern Ireland franchise of UK television network ITV —announced that it had submitted a proposal to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to operate a channel in the Republic of Ireland known as UTV Ireland . Ahead of the announcement, UTV reached an agreement to acquire the Republic of Ireland broadcast rights to several key ITV programmes from ITV Studios , including Coronation Street and Emmerdale —replacing TV3 ; pending regulatory approval, UTV planned to launch
1127-628: The Old Woman], little deer or iotticos or set tables [for the house-elf, compare Puck ] at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks [another Yule custom]." However, on the date that European Christians celebrated the Feast of the Circumcision, they exchanged Christmas presents because the feast fell within the 12 days of the Christmas season in the Western Christian liturgical calendar ; The custom of exchanging Christmas gifts in
1176-568: The Round , which was axed after one series. Kenny also hosted the station's launch night special, Out with the Old – In with the U , on New Year's Day 2015. In July 2015, UTV Ireland began airing a weekly entertainment news bulletin with the station's weather presenter, Jenny Buckley , called The Pulse . The programme was sponsored by Diet Coke . The feature was extended into a weekly 30-minute magazine show in January 2016. As be3, Xposé moved over to
1225-422: The actions are otherwise unrelated). The Act came into effect "following the last said day of December 1751". By 1750, adjustments needed to be made for an eleven-day difference between the older Julian calendar and the newer (and more accurate) Gregorian calendar. There was some religious dissent regarding feast days being moved, especially Christmas Day (see Old Christmas ), and isolated communities continued
1274-522: The alternative calendar attracts alternative celebrations of that new year: The major religions of the Middle East are Islam and Judaism : their adherents worldwide celebrate the first day of their respective new religious calendar years. The two primary sects of Islam are Sunni Islam and Shia Islam . They have different calendars though for both the epoch of the calendar is the Hijrah . According to
1323-535: The birthday of the Emperor Augustus , 23 September. The indiction caused the Byzantine year, which used the Julian calendar, to begin on 1 September; this date is still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church for the beginning of the liturgical year. At various times and in various places throughout mediaeval Christian Europe , the new year was celebrated on 25 December in honour of the birth of Jesus ; 1 March in
1372-406: The broadcaster. On 22 November 2016 it was announced that Coronation Street and Emmerdale would move back to TV3 beginning 5 December 2016. The next day, it was announced that UTV Ireland would be re-launched as be3 on 9 January 2017, as part of a wider re-branding of all three TV3 channels with new positioning and lineups. The re-branded channel would be primarily aimed towards women, and it
1421-450: The channel ended on Friday 6 January 2017. UTV Ireland also utilised ITV's back catalogue of programming, including drama series such as Vera , All3Media 's Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War . When ITV announced they were buying UTV Ireland, ITV CEO Adam Crozier said he intended to strengthen the channel further with high-quality ITV programming at its core. be3 airs many of ITV's drama programming and live studio shows, following
1470-569: The channel on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. UTV Ireland aired Republic of Ireland versions of two of UTV's local programmes in the North, including travel documentary series Lesser Spotted Journeys with Joe Mahon (a spin-off of Lesser Spotted Ulster ), and agriculture programme Rare Breed. UTV's decision to enter the Republic's market followed the acquisition of broadcast rights to ITV programmes such as Coronation Street and Emmerdale from rivals TV3 . UTV's Northern Ireland service had enjoyed
1519-547: The channel on a delay from its UK broadcast on BBC One . Daytime programmes such as The Jeremy Kyle Show , Lorraine , This Morning and Loose Women also aired. The Jeremy Kyle Show has previously aired on TV3, while Loose Women also aired on TV3 for a period during 2008. ITV's flagship breakfast show, Good Morning Britain , was added to the station's lineup in February 2015. With Ireland Live updates being shown at 6:15, 7:15 and 8:10. Good Morning Britain simulcasts on
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1568-490: The coming year. This day is traditionally a religious feast , but since the 1900s has also become an occasion to celebrate the night of 31 December—New Year's Eve—with parties, public celebrations (often involving fireworks shows) and other traditions focused on the impending arrival of midnight and the new year. Watchnight services are also still observed by many. The celebrations and activities held worldwide on 1 January as part of New Year's Day commonly include
1617-568: The day. Ireland Live also produced local news updates aired during UTV Ireland's simulcasts of Good Morning Britain . After the station shut down many of the reporters moved to either RTÉ news or Virgin Media news. UTV Ireland Virgin Media Three , also called Virgin Three , is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Television . The channel
1666-693: The deal was approved by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The sale was completed on 29 February 2016, with the remainder of UTV Group operating as radio broadcaster Wireless Group (later sold to News UK ). On 11 July 2016, ITV plc announced that it had sold UTV Ireland to TV3 Group , a division of Virgin Media Ireland , for €10 million. As part of the deal, TV3 Group inherited UTV Ireland's ten-year programme supply contract with ITV (effectively re-uniting these rights with its previous owner). ITV director of operations and strategy Christy Swords stated that "Launching UTV Ireland last year represented
1715-450: The eighth day of his life (1 January). The Roman Catholic Church celebrates on this day the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God , which is also a Holy Day of Obligation . Johann Sebastian Bach composed several church cantatas for the double occasion: (federal) = federal holidays, (abbreviation) = state/territorial holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (cultural) = holiday related to
1764-421: The following: Music associated with New Year's Day comes in both classical and popular genres, and there is also Christmas song focus on the arrival of a new year during the Christmas and holiday season . A common image used, often as an editorial cartoon, is that of an incarnation of Father Time (or the "Old Year") wearing a sash across his chest with the previous year printed on it passing on his duties to
1813-500: The kalends of January start the new year aligned this dating. Still, private and religious celebrations around the March new year continued for some time and there is no consensus on the question of the timing for 1 January's new status. Once it became the new year, however, it became a time for family gatherings and celebrations. A series of disasters, notably including the failed rebellion of M. Aemilius Lepidus in 78 BC, established
1862-482: The new channel by early-2015. UTV planned to have a national news service at launch, leveraging resources from its radio stations in the Republic. It planned to employ around 100 people, with 30 of these jobs being based around the country. TV3's CEO David McRedmond remarked that losing rights to ITV's soaps to UTV Ireland would allow it to reallocate their cost towards domestic programmes. Nevertheless, in January 2014 The Sunday Times reported that TV3 had launched
1911-404: The ninth through to the twelfth months of the Gregorian calendar , were originally positioned as the seventh through to the tenth months. ( Septem is Latin for "seven"; octo , "eight"; novem , "nine"; and decem , "ten") Roman mythology usually credits their second king Numa with the establishment of the two new months of Ianuarius and Februarius . These were first placed at the end of
1960-538: The old reckoning to a greater or lesser extent. The years 1800 and 1900 were leap years in the Julian calendar but not in the Gregorian, so the difference increased to twelve days, then thirteen. The year 2000 was a leap year in both calendars. At various stages during the first half of the twentieth century, all countries in Eastern Christendom adopted the Gregorian calendar as their civil calendar but continued, and have continued into modern times, to use
2009-424: The passing year, including on radio, television, and in newspapers, which starts in early December in countries around the world. Publications have year-end articles that review the changes during the previous year. In some cases, publications may set their entire year's work alight in the hope that the smoke emitted from the flame brings new life to the company. There are also articles on planned or expected changes in
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2058-471: The re-launch as be3, Ireland Live was replaced by the relaunched 3News Ireland service. Mick McCaffrey, who led the Ireland Live news operation, was retained and made head of the new division, which produces bulletins for all three TV3 channels. 3e's children's strand 3Kids moved to be3 upon its launch. Pat Kenny , former host of The Late Late Show , presented a chat show called Pat Kenny in
2107-487: The stake marking the geographic south pole is moved approximately 10 meters to compensate for the movement of the ice. A new marker stake is designed and made each year by staff at the site nearby. The Eastern Orthodox Church , the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church celebrate the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ on 1 January, based on the belief that if Jesus was born on 25 December, then according to Hebrew tradition, his circumcision would have taken place on
2156-590: The usage of the General Roman Calendar of 1960 . The mainstream Roman Catholic Church celebrates on this day the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God . Among the 7th-century pagans of Flanders and the Netherlands , it was the custom to exchange gifts at the winter solstice . This custom was deplored by Saint Eligius (died 659 or 660), who warned the Flemish and Dutch: "(Do not) make visuals, [little figures of
2205-533: The year, but at some point came to be considered the first two months instead. The January kalend (Latin: Kalendae Ianuariae ), the start of the month of January, came to be celebrated as the new year at some point after it became the day for the inaugurating new consuls in 153 BC as a result of the rebellion in Hispania which began the second Celtiberian War . Romans had long dated their years by these consulships , rather than sequentially, and making
2254-535: Was also announced that TV3's children's strand would also be moved to the channel. In the lead-up to the re-branding, the channel's operations were consolidated at the TV3 Group's main studio in Ballymount . Many of UTV Ireland's employees were laid off, but 40 new positions were offered within the TV3 Group. In June 2018, it was announced that be3 would be rebranded as Virgin Media Three on 30 August 2018, as part of
2303-539: Was first launched by Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media on 1 January 2015 as UTV Ireland ; it primarily carried programmes licensed from British broadcaster ITV , along with some local news and lifestyle programmes. In July 2016, after ITV plc acquired UTV's television business and ITV franchise , UTV Ireland was sold to Virgin Media Ireland and merged into its TV3 division; it was rebranded as be3 on 9 January 2017, which primarily focuses on programmes targeting women. On 6 November 2013, UTV Media —owner of UTV ,
2352-486: Was lunisolar, and around the year 2000 BC began observing a spring festival and the new year during the month of Nisan , around the time of the March equinox . The early Roman calendar designated 1 March as the first day of the year. The calendar had just 10 months, beginning with March. That the new year once began with the month of March is still reflected in some of the names of the months. September through to December,
2401-608: Was reported that the network was planning a revamp of its branding and lineup within the coming months. Managing Director Michael Wilson defended UTV Ireland's performance, noting that Coronation Street and Emmerdale were drawing larger audiences on UTV Ireland than on previous broadcasters, but admitted that their staff had gone "under the bonnet" to find means of improving the network's overall performance. - On 19 October 2015, ITV plc announced its intent to acquire UTV Group's television business, including UTV Ireland, for £100 million, subject to regulatory approval. In December 2015,
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