21 September – The popular animated series Hey Arnold!, made for
Nickelodeon, begins its very first premiere on Irish television on
Network 2 as part of the Saturday morning children's block The Swamp.The broadcast took place a month before its broadcasting debut in its
homeland. Network 2 will start off with only three episodes of the series before returning on 8 April 1997 with more episodes to come.
27 September – Bosco is broadcast for the final time.
30 September – The Morbegs, a television programme for preschoolers and the replacement programme for Bosco, premieres on
Network 2 for the first time. It would become one of the most popular children's programmes on Irish television. Despite the show's ending in 1998, it continues to air until 2008.
24 December –
Britt Allcroft's well known musical animated series for children Magic Adventures of Mumfie is transmitted for the first time on television in Ireland on
Teilifís na Gaeilge. The series was dubbed into Irish, although viewers who could receive
UTV or
HTV Wales can view it with its original English dub.