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15 photos that remind you what Irish TV was like a decade ago
PRESENTED WIT MINIMAL comment: the hellish landscape that was Irish television in 2008:
1. The Six One studio looked like this
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2. Celebrity Bainisteoir launched in 2008 – and among the managers were Glenda Gilson
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3. And Gerald Kean
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4. It was the year that this happened to Pat Kenny on the Late Late
5. And Gerry Ryan temporarily took up the hotseat
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6. Seoige and O’Shea graced the RTÉ afternoon telly couch
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7. And Jake Stephens was everywhere that year
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8. It was a time that politicians answered shiftily on the shaky affairs of a nation
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9. This is what Telly Bingo looked like back in 2008
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10. And Fair City was still producing storylines like this
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11. There was a show on RTÉ called Capital D
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12. The Cafe was an ever present after school
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13. Ray was hosting The Rose of Tralee
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14. A little drama called Raw started on RTÉ
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15. And it was the first year we saw Bill Cullen heading up the Irish Apprentice on TV3
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The “inner city boy done good” produced some serious drama straight out the gate.
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Irish TV Landscape way back when