IRELAND
Journalism (United Kingdom)
Posted: 5 April 2012 By: Paul McNally
Journalists at Irish public broadcaster RTE are to undergo further training and be issued with new editorial guidelines, after a major legal error that has led to two resignations and a significant out-of-court libel settlement.
RTE said the range of measures aimed to “rebuild trust”, including “improved editorial controls”, the setting up a new editorial standards board and a revised complaints procedure.
It comes after the broadcaster settled a libel claim brought by a priest who was falsely accused of raping a minor and fathering a child in Kenya 30 years ago.
Father Kevin Reynolds accepted a significant out-of-court settlement over the defamatory claims, made last May in RTE’s flagship Prime Time Investigates programme. In a statement issued this week, the broadcaster announced that the programme strand would not be returning.
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