IRELAND
Irish Independent

By NIAMH HORAN

Sunday May 06 2012

RTE JOURNALIST Aoife Kavanagh chose to resign from her highly paid job as a Morning Ireland presenter rather than languish in the archive unit, an RTE source said. Her resignation, announced by the NUJ, took management by surprise.

High-level discussions will take place early next week on her severance terms.

The reporter has worked in RTE for the last 15 years in News and Current Affairs.

Sources close to Ms Kavanagh said that there was “no question” of her taking a legal case against the state broadcaster. Other RTE personnel involved in the programme have either stepped down or moved sideways.