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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1999. ==Events== *1 February – RTÉ News Online is launched. *6 May – CableLink, the cable television company which is part owned by RTÉ is sold to NTL Communications for more than £535 million.〔 *14 May – ''Sunday Independent'' journalist Terry Keane discusses her affair with former Taoiseach Charles Haughey during an edition of ''The Late Late Show''. *21 May – Gay Byrne presents his final edition of ''The Late Late Show'' on RTÉ Television.〔 *28 June – Launch of TV You (later UTV2) in Northern Ireland. The channel's programme content is primarily simulcast with ITV2 in London. However, unusually for a commercial station, it does not carry any advertising *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 the BBC in London. *September – Pat Kenny succeeds Gay Byrne as presenter of ''The Late Late Show''. *4 November – The Broadcasting Bill is presented in the Dáil, addressing the emergence of digital media. The Bill also establishes the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.〔 *31 December – RTÉ presents ''Millennium 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 strand ''2000 Today'' to celebrate the occasion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1999 in Irish television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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