Embarrassing technical difficulties for RTE during last night's PrimeTime

RTÉ were left red-faced last night after a technical glitch occurred during their live broadcast of PrimeTime.

Tue, 04 Mar, 2014 - 00:00

Kelly O'Brien

For approximately 10 minutes, the words "Irish Ukrainians not Russians" repeated on a loop.

The aim of the programme was to discuss the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine, with the audio feed glitching on the words of Russian ambassador Maxim Peshkov.

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Courts RTE Prime Time glitch error technical fault problem broadcast Place: Ukraine Place: Ireland Person: Maxim Peshkov Person: Kevin Bakhurst Organisation: RTÉ Organisation: Twitter Organisation: RTÉ News

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