IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph

RTE chairman Tom Savage has insisted only communications minister Pat Rabbitte can force him to step down over the Prime Time Investigates scandal.

The broadcasting boss dismissed calls for his resignation in the wake of the defamation of innocent priest Fr Kevin Reynolds, who was wrongly accused of rape and fathering a child.

“It’s up to the minister to decide whether I’m a fit person or not,” said Mr Savage. “There are almost no bonuses or kudos for being in the position. Every day I give to the job would be a financial loss for what I could be doing elsewhere. But it is worth doing and to walk away, I believe, would be wrong.”

The broadcasting boss, who served as a priest for eight years, came under attack during a grilling from the Oireachtas Communications Committee.