IRELAND
The Irish Times
RONAN MCGREEVY
RTÉ’s head of current affairs Ed Mulhall has retired and the editor of Prime Time Investigates Ken O’Shea has resigned from the programme over the Fr Kevin Reynolds libel affair.
The announcement was made to staff in RTÉ this afternoon in a message from director-general Noel Curran.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) announced yesterday that it had completed its report into the Prime Time Investigates Programme that had libelled Fr Reynolds. It had sent copies of the independent investigation into the programme to RTÉ. The investigation was carried out by former BBC Northern Ireland controller Anna Carragher.
The programme, which was broadcast last May, falsely accused Fr Reynolds of raping a minor while working as a missionary in Africa and fathering a child by her.
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