title: 1976 in Irish television
text: # 1976 in Irish television
  
  The following is a list of events relating to television in the Republic of Ireland from 1976.
  
  ## Events
  
  * 18 October – Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Conor Cruise O'Brien issues a directive to RTÉ, providing clarification on the organisations whose members are banned from broadcast. The move follows the issuing of the original directive regarding this issue in 1971.
  * 21 December – The Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act becomes law. The Act includes amendments to Section 31 of the original 1960 Broadcasting Authority Act and the establishment of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission.
  
  ## Debuts
  
  * 23 October – The Great Grape Ape Show (1975)
  * 27 October – The Wombles (1973–1975)
  
  ## Ongoing television programmes
  
  * RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
  * RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
  * The Late Late Show (1962–present)
  * The Riordans (1965–1979)
  * Quicksilver (1965–1981)
  * Wanderly Wagon (1967–1982)
  * Hall's Pictorial Weekly (1971–1980)
  * Sports Stadium (1973–1997)
  * Trom agus Éadrom (1975–1985)
  * The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
  
  ## Ending this year
  
  * Unknown – Seven Days (1966–1976)
  
  ## Births
  
  * 11 August – Claire Byrne, journalist and television presenter
  * 16 September – Liz Bonnin, television presenter
  * Undated – Dáithí Ó Sé, television presenter
  