Robert Pitt fails to back Leslie Buckley vote

INM chief executive Robert Pitt did not back a vote to re-elect chairman Leslie Buckley at the company’s highly charged AGM.

In an indication of the divisions at board level, Mr Pitt abstained from the vote. However, it did not prevent Mr Buckley from retaining his position.

The two clashed publicly last year after it emerged Mr Pitt objected to a proposal by INM to purchase Newstalk, the radio station owned by Denis O’Brien, INM’s largest shareholder.