IRELAND
Herald
By Alan O’Keeffe
Wednesday April 11 2012
SEVERE criticisms of RTE’s handling of the Fr Kevin Reynolds story have been made by its own former director of television Helen O’Rahilly.
There were “shocking” aspects, she said, to the way the national broadcaster dealt with the claims of rape against the priest which were proved to be false after the programme was broadcast
Hitting out at RTE, Ms Rahilly said what has emerged about the programme makers methods were “extremely damning.”
Ms O’Rahilly is a former Director of Television at RTE who had previously worked as a BBC executive. She indicated she returned to the BBC after only 10 months at RTE because she had difficulties about how the station operated. She was later promoted to Deputy Controller of BBC One.
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