Lights, cameras, but no action: How RTÉ plan to fill sporting void

Declan McBennett, RTÉ’s head of sport, feels your pain, writes Michael Moynihan.

Declan McBennett, RTÉ’s head of sport, feels your pain.

With the country in lockdown there have been plenty of calls for the national broadcaster to screen sports events from its archive. McBennett gives the background to how RTÉ’s sports department is dealing with the situation. The first clue is in that description: the sports department is part of a bigger organisation with a different focus right now.