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| genre                = [[The arts]], [[Talk show|chat show]], [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]]
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| presenter            = [[John Kelly (Irish broadcaster)|John Kelly]], Clare McKeon, [[Fergus Finlay]], [[Frank Dunlop (journalist)|Frank Dunlop]], [[Olivia O'Leary]]
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| country              = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 3
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| location             = RTÉ Studios, Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland
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| runtime              = 40 minutes
| channel              = [[Network 2]] / [[RTÉ Two]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1997|9}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2000|5}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Nighthawks (TV series)|Nighthawks]]''
* ''[[The View (Irish TV series)|The View]]'', ''Later with O'Leary''
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'''''Later On 2''''' (first broadcast September 1997) was part of the [[Network 2]]/[[RTÉ Two]] N2 rebrand of 1997. It was broadcast after ''[[RTÉ News on Two|News 2]]'' on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night at 11:20pm.
==Format==
===Tuesday night===
'''''Later on 2''''' was an arts review show, which was presented by various presenters on a Tuesday night, until its second series when [[John Kelly (Irish broadcaster)|John Kelly]] took up the job. John Kelly worked on the [[Radio Ireland]] show ''Electric Ballroom'' before moving to RTÉ to present their radio series ''Mystery Train''. In 2001, the show was renamed as ''[[The View (Irish TV series)|The View]]'' and moved to [[RTÉ One]] in the same time slot.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/JOHNKELLY.html John Kelly] - [[RTÉ lyric fm]], profile {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415180705/http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/JOHNKELLY.html |date=15 April 2009 }}</ref>
===Wednesday night===
'''''Later with Clare McKeon''''' was presented by Clare McKeon for three seasons. It was a women's [[chat show]]. Women (and men) would sit around a dinner table talking about issues affecting them, in their work and home lives. Many of the women were well known female figures in Ireland, who spoke about their careers and personal lives. Including Annie Murphy mother of Bishop [[Eamonn Casey]]'s son, Peter and [[Phyllis Hamilton]] mother of Fr [[Michael Cleary (priest)|Michael Cleary]]'s son, Ross.<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/sisters-of-the-unholy-secrets-421614.html Sisters of the unholy secrets, National News - Independent.ie]</ref>
===Thursday night===
'''''Later with Finlay and Dunlop''''' was a [[current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] show presented by [[Fergus Finlay]] and [[Frank Dunlop (journalist)|Frank Dunlop]]. This was a major coup for RTÉ, two well known political adversaries presenting a current affairs chat show. Finlay had previously been a key advisor to [[Tánaiste]] [[Dick Spring]] of Ireland's [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key adviser has worked with Spring since 1983 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/key-adviser-has-worked-with-spring-since-1983-1.22773 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> while Dunlop was the former Press Secretary of [[Fianna Fáil]] (a more conservative political party).
In 2000, after [[Frank Dunlop (journalist)|Frank Dunlop]] revealed that he had made payments to politicians at [[The Mahon Tribunal]],<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dunlop-exits-after-seven-years-and-a-heart-attack-1307026.html Dunlop exits after seven years and a heart attack - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie]</ref> both presenters were dropped in favour of [[Olivia O'Leary]]. The show was renamed ''Later with O'Leary'' and, in 2000, moved to [[RTÉ One]] where it remained for 2 more seasons.
==''Later on 2'' moves to RTÉ One==
In 2000 RTÉ moved the arts and politics shows to RTÉ One. ''Later on 2'' with John Kelly remained on RTÉ One as ''The View'' on Tuesday nights, while in 2001 ''Later with O'Leary'' was axed from its Thursday night slot. ''Later with Clare McKeon'' was not moved to RTÉ One but was axed in 2000 with the move of ''The View'' and ''Later with O'Leary'' to RTÉ One.
==References==
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[[Category:1997 Irish television series debuts]]
[[Category:2000 Irish television series endings]]
[[Category:Irish television news shows]]
[[Category:Irish television talk shows]]
[[Category:RTÉ News and Current Affairs]]
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