Kenny’s Prendeville question ‘justified’

A COMPLAINT accusing RTÉ presenter Pat Kenny of trivialising the Neil Prendeville sex act incident was not upheld by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).

In the complaint, Lucy Keaveney said she was shocked to hear the presenter ask a spokesman for Mr Prendeville, barrister Gerald Kean, if he believed the incident should end up in court “as on the one hand nobody had died; everyone present was adult and lots of people have been subjected to that kind of exposure from time to time”.

The radio interview took place last November after it emerged that Mr Prendeville performed a lewd act while on a flight from London to Cork. The incident was witnessed by another passenger and two air hostesses.