A century of television – Ireland’s society-defining TV moments, from launch of RTÉ to funding fiasco

Ireland has gone through so much since the earliest days in black and white

RTÉ has produced its fair share of memorable shows and moments over the years

This year marks the centen­ary of the first public demonstration of television.

Scottish inventor John Logie Baird invited 50 scientists and a reporter to a London attic to observe his machine, the Televisor, transmit images from one room to another.