2012 in Irish television

List of years in Irish television: 2009 2010 2011 – 2012 – 2013 2014 2015

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2012.

Events

• Ongoing - TV50, a series of special events throughout 2012, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of RTÉ Television, then known as Telefís Éireann, on 31 December 1961.
  • RTÉ offended viewers by depicting a dog having its legs tied together and being tossed overboard into the sea off the coast of County Donegal as part of its TV50 celebrations in a broadcast on 3 January 2012.
• 10 October - The first stage of the digital switchover occurs in the UTV region.
• 24 October - The analogue television service in the Irish Republic is set to terminate on this date, and will be replaced by a second multiplex for Saorview. Northern Ireland will complete its own switchover on the same day.

Ongoing television programmes

• RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961-Present)
• RTÉ News: Six One (1962-Present)
• The Late Late Show (1962-Present)
• RTÉ News on Two (1978-Present)
• Fair City (1989-Present)
• RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989-Present)
• Prime Time (1992-Present)
• TV3 News (1998-Present)
• Ireland AM (1999-Present)
• Nationwide (2000-Present)
• TV3 News at 5.30 (2001-Present)
• Saturday Night with Miriam (2005-Present)
• Capital D (2005-Present)
• The Week in Politics (2006-Present)
• The Apprentice (2008-Present)
• The Frontline (2009-Present)
• The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin (2009-Present)
• Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011-Present)

Ending this year

• 8 January - Raw (2008-2012)