9 January – Three days after its premiere on British television, the hit BBC children's animated television series The Animals of Farthing Wood begins on RTÉ. It starts off with the series translated into an Irish language titled Cairde Na Coille and airing on RTÉ 1. It is still being shown on Irish television to this very day.
6 June – The hit BBC children's animated television series The Animals of Farthing Wood begins airing on Irish television screens in English for the very first time ever on RTÉ 1.
25 September – Mary Mulcahy presents a brand new Saturday morning wrapper programme for children called Our House. Screening on Network 2 it plays programmes including the Irish dubbed version of The Animals of Farthing Wood, a new series of the puppet series The Rimini Riddle and for the very first time ever on Irish television the renowned 1960s puppetry television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (It had previously only been available to those who could receive UTV or HTV Wales).
16 December – Postman Pat returns to air on Irish television for a second time on Network 2 and continues to run until 10 March 1994.
Undated – RTÉ establishes an Independent Production Unit as part of its response to the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act.[1]