Smyth row with O’Brien to escalate as last show airs

THE row between media mogul Denis O’Brien and his former employee, Sam Smyth, looks set to escalate off-air after the veteran journalist told listeners to his last broadcast that he would continue to investigate issues believed central to the dispute.

Mr Smyth signed off on his Sunday Supplement radio show on the O’Brien-owned Today FM after 14 years yesterday.

The station’s longest-serving presenter was dropped by management while embroiled in a row over his coverage of his boss’s involvement with the Moriarty Tribunal.