Savage ‘not aware’ of PR work for priests

A public relations company run by RTÉ chairman Tom Savage said he had no knowledge of the work it did for the Irish Missionary Union in advance of the infamous Prime Time Investigates programme.

The Communications Clinic, where Mr Savage is a director, worked for the IMU before the broadcast to prepare its members for a planned expose by RTÉ.

Mr Savage’s wife and co-director of the Communications Clinic, Terry Prone, denied this had presented a conflict of interest.