RTÉ 'unaware' ex-employee jailed for possessing child sex abuse imagery until after resignation

In a statement on Wednesday, RTÉ confirmed that Greene resigned unexpectedly in March 2024. The broadcaster says he gave no reason for his resignation.

RTÉ has said it was “completely unaware” that one of its former employees faced charges, or had been convicted and sentenced at a local Circuit Criminal Court, for possessing sexual images of children until after his resignation from the broadcaster.

Justin Greene, 52, a former studio news director, with an address in Enfield, Meath, pleaded guilty at Trim Circuit Criminal Court on October 6, 2023, to possessing six images classed as child pornography under Section 2 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 at his home on May 15, 2022.