Curran named as RTÉ chief

NOEL CURRAN has been named as RTÉ’s next director general, a post which he will formally take up in February.

The national broadcaster has been looking to fill the role since July, when it was announced that its current chief, Cathal Goan, would be stepping down after seven years at the helm.

RTÉ chairman Tom Savage said the appointment followed “an exceptionally intensive and exhaustive” international recruitment process and that Mr Curran “has the editorial acumen, the cultural assurance and the business flair to lead RTÉ into a new era of public service.”