Senior RTÉ editor: 'Tweetgate' changed Presidential outcome

A senior RTE editor, David Nally, has said he accepts the 'Frontline' presidential debate last year changed the outcome of the election.

Senior RTÉ editor: 'Tweetgate' changed Presidential outcome

A senior RTE editor, David Nally, has said he accepts the 'Frontline' presidential debate last year changed the outcome of the election.

The show saw a so-called 'rogue tweet' put to then frontrunner Sean Gallagher days before the country voted in Michael D. Higgins as president.

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