Reading through this post, I cant believe know one has mentioned that rarely is there an evening either on 6pm or 9pm RTE news when something technical doesnt go wrong. The sheer entertainment value is something else, to watch the newsreaders apologising for the lack of sound, picture, report, wrong pictures with particular news items, then appearing uncomfortable, irritated... The reason they have two news readers is to give the other a break from having to apologise throughout the bulletin!