6 January – Long running US children's educational series Sesame Street makes its premiere in
Northern Ireland on
UTV. Despite already airing on
RTÉ in Ireland since debuting in 1971, airings of the series on UTV are also available in various parts of the
Republic.
Undated – Figures published in the RTÉ Annual Report suggest that 77% (542,000) of households in the Republic of Ireland now have a television set. Of these 530,000 have a television licence and 27,000 have colour televisions.[1]