2004 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2004.

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.

Mach

 * No events

April

 * No events

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.

July

 * No events

August

 * No events

September

 * 29 September – Noel Dempsey is appointed Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

October

 * 2 October – Network 2 is rebranded as RTÉ Two.

November

 * November – RTÉ publishes its RTÉ Guiding Principles – Implementing the Public Service Broadcasting Charter.

December

 * No events

RTÉ

 * 5 January – Proof on RTÉ One (2004–2005)
 * 16 January – Super Duper Sumos on RTÉ Two (2002–2003)
 * 23 March – Snailsbury Tales on RTÉ Two (2002–2005)
 * 4 May – Astro Boy on RTÉ Two (2003–2004)
 * 30 June – Fergus McPhail on RTÉ Two (2004)
 * 4 September – Little Red Tractor on RTÉ Two (2004–2007)
 * 7 September – Kid Paddle on RTÉ Two (2003–2006)
 * 14 September – Pingu on RTÉ Two (2003–2006)
 * 9 September – Hanging with Hector on RTÉ One (2004–2008)
 * 18 October – Tubridy Tonight on RTÉ One (2004–2009)
 * 1 November – Foreign Exchange on RTÉ Two (2004)
 * Autumn – The Afternoon Show on RTÉ One (2004–2010)
 * Undated – Balamory on RTÉ Two (2002–2005)
 * Undated – Jacob Two-Two on RTÉ Two (2003–2006)
 * Undated – Ryan Confidential on RTÉ One (2004–2010)
 * Undated – Tractor Tom on RTÉ Two (2002–2004)

TG4

 * 6 January – X-DuckX (2001–2006)

1960s

 * RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
 * RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
 * The Late Late Show (1962–present)

1970s

 * The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
 * RTÉ News on Two (1978–2014)
 * The Sunday Game (1979–present)

1980s

 * Dempsey's Den (1986–2010)
 * Questions and Answers (1986–2009)
 * Fair City (1989–present)
 * RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present)

1990s

 * Would You Believe (1990s–present)
 * Winning Streak (1990–present)
 * Prime Time (1992–present)
 * Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present)
 * Fame and Fortune (1996–2006)
 * Nuacht TG4 (1996–present)
 * Ros na Rún (1996–present)
 * A Scare at Bedtime (1997–2006)
 * The Premiership/Premier Soccer Saturday (1998–2013)
 * Sports Tonight (1998–2009)
 * TV3 News (1998–present)
 * The View (1999–2011)
 * Ireland AM (1999–present)
 * Telly Bingo (1999–present)

2000s

 * Nationwide (2000–present)
 * TV3 News at 5.30 (2001–present)
 * You're a Star (2002–2008)
 * Play it Again Des (2003–2005)
 * Auld Ones (2003–2007)
 * Killinaskully (2003–2008)
 * The Clinic (2003–2009)
 * The Panel (2003–2011)
 * Against the Head (2003–present)
 * news2day (2003–present)
 * Other Voices (2003–present)

Ending this year

 * April – Open House (1999–2004)
 * 23 July – All Kinds of Everything (2003–2004)
 * 14 August – Agenda (1999–2004)
 * 29 October- Reeling In the Years but was back with 2000's in 2010 & 2010's in 2021.