BBC to contact tribunal over claims current RTÉ journalist was spied on by police

Thu, 02 May, 2024 - 07:13

David Young, PA

The BBC has instructed lawyers to contact a specialist tribunal over claims one of its investigative reporters was spied on by police.

The corporation said the allegations relate to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney and his work on a 2011 Spotlight documentary that probed the independence of Northern Ireland’s police watchdog.

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