Councillor sues RTÉ for ‘seeking to entrap’ him

A Fine Gael councillor in Galway is suing RTÉ, alleging it sought to entrap him by having an undercover reporter allegedly meet and secretly record him while she posed as an agent for wind energy investors.

Tom McHugh claims RTÉ sought to procure his corruption as a public representative and sought to interfere with the discharge of his responsibilities as a public representative.

He alleges RTÉ caused him, as an elected representative, to expend time and effort in vain, in what he believed to be a public interest.