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The Six One got a new look and it rocked Twitter's world

Like ‘highlight of their night’ excited.

DID YOU SEE it, did you see it? RTÉ news got a new look yesterday and it made its debut during the Six One.

The opening now looks like this:

rtenewsnowsixone

Not massively different… OR IS IT?

The change-up really really affected some news seekers out there. Like, really

U know ur in a bad position in life when the changes on the RTE news are the highlight of ur Sat night😂 new set and tune#sad #INeedALife
— Alison Daly (@ItsTwinkleToes) April 26, 2014

Alison Daly / Twitter

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Some were reluctant to accept such sudden and drastic alterations

When did the rte news graphics change!?! They can't just spring these things on us, memos need to go out, helplines established
— Oisín Boyce (@OhBee08) April 26, 2014

Oisín Boyce / Twitter

here lads rte news is looking awful different
— Zac (@ZacharyS) April 26, 2014

Zac / Twitter

Others didn’t know they cared so much

when did RTE News get another new intro thing? why do I care??
— Sinéad McCarthy (@shinademc) April 26, 2014

Sinead / Twitter

With initial shock out of the way, what’s the verdict?

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Tubridy mortified Michael Fassbender on the Late Late last night>

Here’s how the RTÉ Six One logo has changed over 20 years>

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The Six One got a new look and it rocked Twitter's world

The change-up really really affected some news seekers out there. Like, really

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Some were reluctant to accept such sudden and drastic alterations

Others didn’t know they cared so much

With initial shock out of the way, what’s the verdict?

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

Oh.

Tubridy mortified Michael Fassbender on the Late Late last night>

Here’s how the RTÉ Six One logo has changed over 20 years>