2004 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2004.
Events
January
- January – The licence fee increases by €2.
February
- 2 February – The Granada plc share of TV3 is taken over by ITV plc upon the merger of Granada with Carlton.
May
- 24 May – Sky News Ireland is launched.
June
- June – The Public Service Broadcasting Charter is published by Dermot Ahern, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.
September
- 29 September – Noel Dempsey is appointed Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.
October
November
- November – RTÉ publishes its RTÉ Guiding Principles – Implementing the Public Service Broadcasting Charter.
Debuts
RTÉ
- 3 January – Balamory on RTÉ Two
- 5 January – Proof on RTÉ One
- 16 January – Super Duper Sumos on RTÉ Two
- 14 March – Jacob Two-Two on RTÉ Two
- 23 March – Snailsbury Tales on RTÉ Two
- 4 May – Astro Boy on RTÉ Two
- 30 June – Fergus McPhail on RTÉ Two
- 4 September – Little Red Tractor on RTÉ Two
- 7 September – Kid Paddle on RTÉ Two
- 14 September – Pingu on RTÉ Two
- 9 September – Hanging with Hector on RTÉ One
- 18 October – Tubridy Tonight on RTÉ One
- 1 November – Foreign Exchange on RTÉ Two
- Autumn – The Afternoon Show on RTÉ One
- Undated – Ryan Confidential on RTÉ One
- Undated – Tractor Tom on RTÉ Two
TG4
- 6 January – ''X-DuckX''
Ongoing television programmes
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
- Would You Believe
- Winning Streak
- Prime Time
- Nuacht RTÉ
- Fame and Fortune
- Nuacht TG4
- Ros na Rún
- A Scare at Bedtime
- The Premiership/Premier Soccer Saturday
- Sports Tonight
- TV3 News
- The View
- Ireland AM
- ''Telly Bingo''
2000s
- Nationwide
- TV3 News at 5.30
- You're a Star
- Play it Again Des
- Auld Ones
- Killinaskully
- The Clinic
- The Panel
- Against the Head
- news2day
- ''Other Voices''
Ending this year
- April – Open House
- 23 July – All Kinds of Everything
- 14 August – Agenda
- 29 October- Reeling In the Years but was back with 2000's in 2010 & 2010's in 2021.