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What the report says

AOIFE KAVANAGH
(reporter on Prime Time Investigates – Mission to Prey) An experienced RTÉ journalist who had not previously reported for the programme.

● Second-hand repetition of gossip appears to have been treated as corroboration, as Ms Kavanagh did not appear to have met or questioned colleagues who according to the primary source, were aware of the allegations.

● The journalist’s “sweeping assumptions about the behaviour of various orders” raises concerns about her objectivity in approaching the programme.

● The report has “considerable concerns” about the lack of documentation during conversations on a research trip to Africa in January 2011.