Defamation probe may see RTÉ heads roll

RESIGNATIONS in RTÉ are not being ruled out after the Government announced an investigation into the defamation of Fr Kevin Reynolds by the national broadcaster.

Director general Noel Curran said broadcasting the false allegations on the Prime Time Investigates programme, Mission to Prey, last May was “one of the gravest editorial mistakes” ever made by RTÉ.

He said the next series of Prime Time Investigates, due in December, has been suspended until internal reviews and a review by press ombudsman John Horgan are complete.