Everyone's praising Eileen Dunne for getting through last night's Nine O'Clock News

If you watching the Nine O’clock News last night, you might have noticed that they were suffering from what RTE generously called technical difficulties.

Tue, 06 Oct, 2015 - 01:00

Ciara Flaherty

Apologies again for the delay in bringing you tonight's @rtenews, we are now back up and running with Eileen Dunne in the newsroom
— RTÉ One (@RTEOne) October 5, 2015

A herogram to Eileen Dunne and RTE News for surviving what sounds like a technical meltdown tonight.
— Scott Reid (@ascottreid) October 5, 2015

The news didn’t start for a whole 11 minutes, throwing the country’s bedtime routine completely off.

@rtenews nine o'clock news fail 😒 ten past and I'm still waiting
— Ronan hickey (@HRCbiker) October 5, 2015

Eileen just welcomed us to 'the news' omitting any time reference. Is it time for bed now?
— Kieran O'Donovan (@kieran_odonovan) October 5, 2015

Ads were shown to placate us until finally Eileen Dunne showed up, in a different studio and reading the news old-school - from pieces of paper - as the teleprompter was kaput.

But she, of course, powered through like the professional she is and Twitter had nothing but praise for how she handled herself.

Rte news is back. No teleprompter though, Eileen struggling to see the page, someone pass her some specs!! #rtenews @rtenews
— Rach (@Rachum) October 5, 2015

Sound desk down, late studio change and no auto-cue... but a first-rate anchor to the rescue. @rtenews #EileenDunne pic.twitter.com/JCNwWP3U6d
— David Blevins (@skydavidblevins) October 5, 2015

This must be how Eileen Dunne felt after last night's #RTE news! http://t.co/YjxsiruqoI
— Greg Murphy 🤓 (@TheGregMurphy) October 6, 2015

No graphics and no autocue for Eileen Dunne. This could be the longest news bulletin ever. #rtenews
— Kevin Doyle (@KevDoyle_Indo) October 5, 2015

So it this it? Is it the apocalypse? #rtenews
— Louise McSharry (@louisemcsharry) October 5, 2015

Just watched back Eileen Dunne's performance on the 9 O'Clock news. What an amazing professional in-spite of technical difficulty @rte #mvp
— Mark O'Toole (@M_OToole) October 5, 2015

Christ it'll be hard to sleep tonight after that masterclass from Eileen Dunne, what a News! #RTENews
— Mayo Weather (@MayoWeather) October 5, 2015

Ever the professional Eileen Dunne delivers the News impeccably without an autocue, in a different studio and sound desk down! #rtenews
— efbman🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 (@efbman) October 5, 2015