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The Millennium Clock in the River Liffey in Dublin, 1996.

Millennium Clock Launch 1996

A clock placed in the Liffey at O'Connell Bridge in Dublin will count down the 120 million seconds to the year 2000.

Celebrations
Elderly women with Mother's Day flowers in 1991.

Mother's Day Flowers 1991

Friends of the Elderly volunteers deliver Mother's Day flowers to women living alone in Dublin.
Celebrations
A man has his blood pressure checked at Ireland's first blood pressure detection centre in Kilkenny…

First Blood Pressure Unit 1976

Health
Ollie Campbell speaks to RTÉ Sport after Triple Crown win (1982)

Triple Crown Joy 1982

Sports
Hollywood actress Gloria Swanson on 'The Late Late Show' in 1981.

Gloria Swanson On Marriage 1981

Society
School children make a snowman in 1996.

Snow Surprise 1996

The west of Ireland and the midlands are covered with an unexpected blanket of snow.
Environment
A thatched cottage in Donegal, 2021

Thatch Under Threat 2021

Environment
New traffic plan for Dublin city centre in 2001.

Dublin Traffic Plan 2001

Environment
Uilleann piper Liam O'Flynn performs on 'Bibi' in 1991.

Uilleann Piper Liam O'Flynn 1991

Arts and Culture
A view of Limerick city with the River Shannon in the foreground in 1986.

New Limerick Bridge 1986

Environment
Parish Priest of Straide Canon John Wyms presents Mary Mulroy with the President's cheque on her 10…

100 Years Young 1976

Lifestyle
Workers dine in the Guinness Staff Restaurant, 1991

Eat Well At Work 1991

Health
A truck driving through Ballyfermot in Dublin, 1996.

Ballyfermot Truck Problem 1996

Environment
Bono and Larry Mullen at the Anything Goes Milk Music Awards 1986

Award For U2 1986

Arts and Culture
Jockey Tommy Treacy and racehorse Danoli.

Tommy Treacy And Danoli 1996

Sports
American folk-singer Bill Williams in 1976.

A Murder Ballad 1976

Arts and Culture
Stratford-on-Slaney, County Wicklow in 1976

Stratford-On-Slaney Success 1976

Arts and Culture
Friends Róisín and Caoimhe help 'Dilín Ó Deamhas' presenter Aidan O'Hara make small birds from card…

Ealaíona Agus Ceardaíocht 1986

Entertainment
Leaving Certificate Candidate Self Service Portal home screen in 2021.

Leaving Certificate Portal 2021

Education
Seagulls at Sandyford reservoir in Dublin, 1976.

Seagull Menace 1976

Environment
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Snow Surprise

Snow Surprise 1996

The west of Ireland and the midlands are covered with an unexpected blanket of snow.
Environment
Ballyfermot Truck Problem

Ballyfermot Truck Problem 1996

Environment
First Blood Pressure Unit

First Blood Pressure Unit 1976

Health
Séamus Ennis Uilleann Piper

Séamus Ennis Uilleann Piper 1979

Arts and Culture
Home From Home

Home From Home 1996

Society
Motorised Bar Stool

Motorised Bar Stool 1988

Technology
Ronnie Delany Wins 880 At Trinity College

Ronnie Delany Wins 880 At Trinity College 1954

Sports
Millennium Clock Launch

Millennium Clock Launch 1996

Celebrations
Violence Erupts At Lansdowne Road

Violence Erupts At Lansdowne Road 1995

Sports
Thatch Under Threat

Thatch Under Threat 2021

Environment

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History of RTÉ

History of RTÉ

Moments both significant and minor from RTÉ's past.
Media
Audience members on the programme 'Women Today' in 1981

Women in Irish Society

From the housewives who washed their husbands' socks by hand in 1960s Dublin to the era of Ireland's first female President in the 1990s.
Society
Smoking Ban in Ireland

Smoking Ban in Ireland

A look at how the smoking ban came about and reaction to its introduction.
Health
Oranmore Céilí Band

Music, Song and Dance of Ireland

Arts and Culture
Gathering around listen to the All Ireland Hurling Final between Kilkenny and Limerick 90 years ago…

RTÉ Radio Sports Commentators

Sports
Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

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Ollie Campbell (1982)

Triple Crown Joy 1982

Sports
Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick 1966

Celebrations

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RTÉ Archives News Collection 2017

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