The following is a list of events relating totelevision in Ireland from 1999.

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• 1 February –RTÉ News Online is launched.^[1]

• 10 March – US animated comedy seriesSouth Park premieres in Ireland for the very first time onTV3.

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• 6 May –CableLink, the cable television company which is part owned by RTÉ is sold toNTL Communications for more than £535 million.^[1]
• 14 May –Sunday Independent journalistTerry Keane discusses her affair with formerTaoiseachCharles Haughey during an edition ofThe Late Late Show.^[2]
• 21 May –Gay Byrne presents his final edition ofThe Late Late Show onRTÉ Television.^[1]

• 28 June – Launch ofTV You (later UTV2) inNorthern Ireland. The channel's programme content is primarily simulcast withITV2 in London. However, unusually for a commercial station, it does not carry any advertising.
• Unknown – Final episode ofEcho Island is screened onNetwork 2.
• Summer –Helen O'Rahilly is appointed as the first female Director of Television at RTÉ. She left in 2000 to take up a position at theBBC in London.^[3][4]

• 4 August TnaG rebrands toTG4
• 9 August – Long running UK animated series for childrenBob the Builder begins its first ever broadcast on Irish television with the series going to air onNetwork 2 as part ofDen2.

• 3 September – The iconic animePokémon has been picked byNetwork 2 to be transmitted on Irish television.
• 6 September –Reeling in the Years, a documentary series that talks about music over the years is officially launched onRTÉ 1.
• 6 September –Gay Byrne who has retired as hostingThe Late Late Show since its premiere in 1962 presents a brand new short-lived comedy show calledMake 'Em Laugh which airs onRTÉ 1. The series however only lasted for one series consisting of only eight episodes.
• 6 September – The long running UK children's television seriesTeletubbies premieres on Irish television for the very first time ever as the series itself begins airing onNetwork 2 as part of theirDen2 programme (although people who have access to British television broadcasting were to see earlier transmissions of the series). One ofThe Disney Channel's most famous and popular children's seriesBear in the Big Blue House also makes its first ever broadcast onNetwork 2 on the very same day.
• 10 September –Pat Kenny succeedsGay Byrne as presenter ofThe Late Late Show.

• 1 October – Despite airing in Northern Ireland and several parts of Ireland with access to UK television networks since its television debut in 1963, the long running UK science fiction seriesDoctor Who finally airs in the Republic of Ireland for the first time ever onTG4. The series will be paired up with the 1940 filmFlash Gordon Conquers the Universe as part of the Sci-Fi blockBack to the Future. However seeing asFlash Gordon Conquers the Universe won't be broadcast for the first two weeks, a double bill ofDoctor Who will be shown instead to fill the hour slot.Spearhead from Space the very first serial of theseventh season and the first serial to starJon Pertwee as theThird Doctor will be the very firstDoctor Who serial to be shown in Ireland.
• 15 October –Doctor Who, the long running UK science fiction series will start at an earlier time of 6:31pm onTG4. It will be billed as running for an hour, followed byFlash Gordon Conquers the Universe which ends at 8:00pm. The serial it will be showing is parts 1 and 2 of the second serial ofSeason 7Doctor Who and the Silurians.

• 4 November – The Broadcasting Bill is presented in theDáil, addressing the emergence of digital media. The Bill also establishes theBroadcasting Commission of Ireland.^[1]

• 31 December –RTÉ presentsMillennium Eve: Celebrate 2000, coverage of the turn of the millennium from 31 December 1999 into 1 January 2000. The programme is part of the international strand2000 Today to celebrate the occasion.

• 4 January –Timbuctoo onRTÉ Two (1998–2000)
• 5 January –No Sweat onRTÉ Two (1997–1998)
• 12 January –CatDog onRTÉ Two (1998–2005)
• 13 January –The Animal Shelf onRTÉ Two (1997–2000)
• 19 January –Steven Spielberg Presents Toonsylvania onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 20 January –Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 25 January –The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss onRTÉ Two (1996–1998)
• 20 February –The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends onRTÉ Two (1959–1964)
• 22 March –Earth: Final Conflict onRTÉ Two (1997–2002)
• 26 March –Caillou onRTÉ Two (1997–2010)
• April –States of Fear (1999)
• 1 April –Kit and Kaboodle onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 12 April –Pocket Dragon Adventures onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 12 April –The Worst Witch onRTÉ Two (1998–2001)
• 1 May –Walter Melon onRTÉ Two (1998)
• 8 May –All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series onRTÉ Two (1996–1998)
• 11 May –The New Addams Family onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 15 May –Oggy and the Cockroaches onRTÉ Two (1998–present)
• 8 June –Bimble's Bucket onRTÉ Two (1996–1998)
• 8 June –Lavender Castle onRTÉ Two (1999–2000)
• 8 June –The California Raisin Show onRTÉ Two (1989)
• 17 June –Fennec onRTÉ Two (1997–1998)
• 25 June –Anthony Ant onRTÉ Two (1999)
• 26 June –Extreme Dinosaurs onRTÉ Two (1997)
• 12 July –The Magician onRTÉ Two (1997–1999)
• 9 August –Bob the Builder onRTÉ Two (1999–2012, 2015–present)
• September –Telly Bingo onRTÉ One (1999–present)
• 3 September –Pokémon onRTÉ Two (1997–present)
• 6 September –Reeling in the Years onRTÉ One (1999–present)
• 6 September –Bear in the Big Blue House onRTÉ Two (1997–2006)
• 6 September –Make 'Em Laugh onRTÉ One (1999)
• 6 September –Teletubbies onRTÉ Two (1997–2001, 2015–present)
• 7 September –Pippi Longstocking onRTÉ Two (1997–1998)
• 7 September –The New Woody Woodpecker Show onRTÉ Two (1999–2002)
• 15 September – {Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 7 October –RoboCop: Alpha Commando onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 13 October –Princess Sissi onRTÉ Two (1997–1998)
• 28 October –Animorphs onRTÉ Two (1998–1999)
• 4 November –Bull Island onRTÉ One (1999–2001)
• 11 November –Mopatop's Shop onRTÉ Two (1999–2005)
• 6 December –Rolie Polie Olie onRTÉ Two (1998–2004)
• 24 December –Scrooge Koala's Christmas onRTÉ Two (1997)
• 24 December –Mumfie's White Christmas onRTÉ Two (1995)
• 25 December –The True Meaning of Crumbfest onRTÉ Two (1998)
• Undated –Open House onRTÉ One (1999–2004)
• Undated –The View onRTÉ Two (1999–2011)
• Undated –Wanderlust onRTÉ Two (1999–2002)
• Undated –Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–present)
• Undated –That '70s Show (1998–2006)
• Undated –Pepper Ann onRTÉ Two (1997–2000)
• Undated -Felicity (1998-2002)

• 10 March –South Park (1997–present)
• 20 March –The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats (1995–1996)
• 23 March –Captain Star (1997–1998)
• 26 March –The Legend of Calamity Jane (1997–1998)
• 31 March –Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996)
• 12 April –First Edition (1999–2001)
• 12 April –A Game of Two Halves (1999)
• 12 April –TV3 News @ 7 (1999–2000)
• 5 June –Space Cases (1996–1997)
• 31 July –Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000)
• 1 August –Birdz (1998)
• 1 August –Flying Rhino Junior High (1998–2000)
• 28 August –Anatole (1998–2000)
• 20 September –Ireland AM (1999–present)
• 20 September –Professor Bubble (1996–1997)
• 1 November –Mole in the Hole (1996)
• 21 November –Agenda (1999–2004)
• 25 December –Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998)

• 1 October –Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
• 31 December –Gogwana (1998)
• Undated –Witch World (1998)

• Undated –Patrick Kielty Almost Live onBBC One (1999–2003)

• RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
• RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
• The Late Late Show (1962–present)

• The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
• RTÉ News on Two (1978–2014)
• The Sunday Game (1979–present)

• Glenroe (1983–2001)
• Questions and Answers (1986–2009)
• Dempsey's Den (1986–2010)
• Fair City (1989–present)
• RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present)

• Would You Believe (1990s–present)
• Winning Streak (1990–present)
• Challenging Times (1991–2001)
• Prime Time (1992–present)
• The Movie Show (1993–2001)
• No Disco (1993–2003)
• Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present)
• Fame and Fortune (1996–2006)
• Nuacht TG4 (1996–present)
• Ros na Rún (1996–present)
• Later on 2 (1997–2000)
• Don't Feed the Gondolas (1997–2001)
• A Scare at Bedtime (1997–2006)
• 2Phat (1998–2000)
• The Premiership/Premier Soccer Saturday (1998–2013)
• Sports Tonight (1998–2009)
• TV3 News (1998–present)

• 11 April –TV3 News @ 6 (1998–1999)
• 22 May –Kenny Live (1988–1999)
• May –PM Live (1997–1999)
• May –States of Fear (1999)
• June –Echo Island (1994–1999)
• 5 July –A Game of Two Halves (1999)
• 25 October –Make 'Em Laugh (1999)
• 18 December –Saturday Live (1986–1999)
• Undated –Speakeasy (1998–1999)
• Undated –Gimme 3 (1998–1999)

• 1999 in Ireland

• List of 1999 Irish television series atIMDb

• 1999 in Irish television

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