1968 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1968.
Events
- January – RTÉ's Director-General Kevin McCourt makes the controversial decision to recall the Seven Days crew as they are en route to report on the Biafran War.
- 12 February – Director-General McCourt announces the transfer of responsibility for Seven Days to the RTÉ News Division, a decision which leads to industrial unrest and the suspension of several members of the production team for "blacking" the programme on air. The dispute is finally resolved in March.
- 16 March – Thomas P. Hardiman replaced Kevin McCourt as Director-General of RTÉ, and is the first Director-General to be appointed internally within the organisation.
- 5 October – RTÉ cameraman Gay O'Brien and soundman Eamon Hayes film a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland during which RUC officers baton charge the crowd and use a water cannon.
Ongoing television programmes
- RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock
- Dáithí Lacha
- RTÉ News: Six One
- The Late Late Show
- Newsbeat
- The Riordans
- Quicksilver
- Seven Days
- ''Wanderly Wagon''
Ending this year
- 1 January – Me and My Friend
- 31 May – ''Tolka Row''
Births
- Undated – Alan Cantwell, newsreader