Letters to the Editor: Mystery over RTÉ’s footage of the 1991 Tall Ships Race in Cork

Retired commandant Ray Cawley asks what happened the footage sent each day to RTÉ by Tom McSweeney

The Polish vessel Dar Młodziezy at Cobh in July 1991 — just one of the magnificent vessels that took part in the Tall Ships event in Cork. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive/Richard Mills

I read with interest your article regarding Moya Doherty’s pending attendance, as a keynote speaker, at the invitation of the Royal Television Society — ‘Politicians invited to ex-RTÉ chair talk’ (Irish Examiner, October 26).

The fact that she states “she knew nothing of pay scandals” casts yet another serious shadow over the governance and responsibilities of those in the upper echelons of management of the national broadcaster.