Claire Byrne tells High Court she stands by her judgement call during live radio debate

RTE broadcaster Claire Byrne told the High Court today that she stood by the judgement call she made when she allowed a Sinn Féin representative on a live broadcast to defend a man who had been named as a former chief-of-staff of the IRA rather than shut down the conversation.

Claire Byrne tells High Court she stands by her judgement call during live radio debate

By Ann O'Loughlin

RTE broadcaster Claire Byrne told the High Court today that she stood by the judgement call she made when she allowed a Sinn Féin representative on a live broadcast to defend a man who had been named as a former chief-of-staff of the IRA rather than shut down the conversation.

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