On Midweek:Live
Septic tank charges, local schools and garda stations shutting down, and the loss of hospital services in the community - they're all issues that many rural people believe are part of the campaign by a Dublin government to target them. So in towns and villages across the nation, people are gathering to make their voices heard in a show of strength. Rural Ireland Fights Back!
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Colette Fitzpatrick
Colette Fitzpatrick is a TV3 News Anchor. She presents TV3's daily news bulletins at 5:30 and is the host of TV3's Midday. She also hosts the prime time current affairs show Midweek every Wednesday at 10.00pm.
Colette is one of Ireland's most experienced live television presenters and brings a wealth of experience to her role at the network. Colette, from Holycross, Thurles, Co Tipperary, has been working in the TV3 newsroom since March 2001. She has edited and anchored bulletins for the morning news programme Ireland AM and also reported on a range issues for the main evening news. She reported from Kashmir on the aftermath of the earthquake. She was also a regular stand-in as main presenter on Ireland AM alongside Mark Cagney, Alan Hughes and Aidan Cooney.
Colette previously worked in the newsroom in Today FM where she edited and presented hourly bulletins and reported on a range of stories including courts and tribunals. She produced the Sunday Supplement, presented by Sam Smyth and also previously worked at East Coast FM in County Wicklow where she first began her broadcasting career. Colette graduated in Journalism from DIT in Aungier Street.
