RTÉ chief vows to restore trust after priest’s libel

THE head of RTÉ has pledged to restore the “fundamental bond” of public trust in the state broadcaster in the wake of the Fr Kevin Reynolds libel controversy.

RTÉ’s director general, Noel Curran, has also vowed to restore the station’s good name for investigative journalism.

Mr Curran, whose offer of resignation over the scandal was turned down by the RTÉ board, made his comments in an article he wrote for a Sunday newspaper in which he again apologised for the wrong done to Fr Reynolds, and set out how RTÉ is responding.