Remember that in Ireland it takes us a lot longer to count, because its PR-STV, so there isn't this "race to declare" that you see in the UK. (Although Northern Ireland uses the same system for all but Westminister elections).
What we do have are the Tallies. These are completely unofficial counts taken by party supporters ("the tallymen") who litteraly look over the barriers at the count centres and count the No 1s (and 2s and 3s if they can). Sounds simple, but Its gotten pretty sophisticated and parties co-operate to get a tally and usually these come in around 11am or thereabouts.
Actual declarations don't start coming in till the afternoon and some constitutencies might not declare a First Count until well after the BBC leaves coverage at 18:30, which is when Six-One is scheduled to finish.
Does Ireland also have an Exit poll organised by the broadcasters - and is it legislated so that the result can't be given until the polls have closed?
Does Ireland also have an Exit poll organised by the broadcasters - and is it legislated so that the result can't be given until the polls have closed?
RTE are working on one, but I also heard something about it at lunchtime.
I did hear they have something like 35 OBs at the ready... including the 11 going via the internet system they've got in place.
Does Ireland also have an Exit poll organised by the broadcasters - and is it legislated so that the result can't be given until the polls have closed?
RTE are working on one, but I also heard something about it at lunchtime.
I did hear they have something like 35 OBs at the ready... including the 11 going via the internet system they've got in place.
The exit poll will be revealed at 8am tomorrow morning.
Re: Six-One, it has historically started at 6.01pm rather than 6.00pm, RTÉ One broadcasts The Angelus, a traditional Roman Catholic prayer (which is said at other times of the day) - until the early 2000s, this was represented by a still caption with Catholic iconography - usually a picture of Mary - but nowadays it's a short film, which no longer depicts strictly Catholic imagery. It's been said The Angelus has been retained as it offers a brief interlude from the rush of prime-time programming.
Re: Six-One, it has historically started at 6.01pm rather than 6.00pm, RTÉ One broadcasts The Angelus, a traditional Roman Catholic prayer (which is said at other times of the day) - until the early 2000s, this was represented by a still caption with Catholic iconography - usually a picture of Mary - but nowadays it's a short film, which no longer depicts strictly Catholic imagery. It's been said The Angelus has been retained as it offers a brief interlude from the rush of prime-time programming.
Indeed, one of the little peculiarities of Irish television.
Re: Six-One, it has historically started at 6.01pm rather than 6.00pm, RTÉ One broadcasts The Angelus, a traditional Roman Catholic prayer (which is said at other times of the day) - until the early 2000s, this was represented by a still caption with Catholic iconography - usually a picture of Mary - but nowadays it's a short film, which no longer depicts strictly Catholic imagery. It's been said The Angelus has been retained as it offers a brief interlude from the rush of prime-time programming.
Indeed, one of the little peculiarities of Irish television.
As someone from Ireland who's used to the bong bong thing, I find these posts funny. You both seem in disbelief that RTE still does the Angelus. RTE radio also still plays the bong bong thing at midday and again at 6pm.
As someone from Ireland who's used to the bong bong thing, I find these posts funny. You both seem in disbelief that RTE still does the Angelus. RTE radio also still plays the bong bong thing at midday and again at 6pm.
Peculiarity is an understatement!
And as someone who used to recite the Angelus in school as a young child at mid-day, I wouldn't say I'm in disbelief it still runs on RTÉ; my original post was aimed to offer an explanation to Chris about why RTÉ's Six-One is the Six-One, how it has changed down the years (to match how RTÉ has reflected the multi-cultural shifts in Irish society in recent decades - that it's not tying itself to being "a Catholic thing" in how it's presented on-screen) and what I've read as a suggestion to why it remains in place.
I've also read somewhere that RTÉ use the Six-One's "late start" as a means of grabbing the news audience who may catch the headlines on BBC or UTV and then turn over to see the stories covered by RTÉ without missing the start of the programme. These are merely hypotheses, not reasons why Six-One starts at 6.01pm instead of 6.00pm.
Anyhow, regarding the election, high turnout rates at polling stations have been reported, so coverage on all platforms may turn out to be compulsive viewing for those interested in this year's General Election.