Oireachtas media committee will now extend invitation to Ní Raghallaigh to appear before it
RTÉ chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh warned she could resign and resisted meeting before Catherine Martin Prime Time interviewRTÉ crisis: Siún Ní Raghallaigh was not willing to receive letter or meet, Catherine Martin tells committeeShe told the committee that she needed to rely on accurate information from the chair, and outlined that having been told last Thursday of her intention to write to Ms Ní Raghallaigh and express her disappointment about being given...
Ms Martin, who said she did not believe the former chair acted intentionally in misinforming her, proceeded with the Prime Time interview, and insisted at the committee that she had no option but to go ahead with it. She said that before going on air, she believed a story about the day’s events was about to break, and that her advisers had told RTÉ that she would be willing to discuss it on air.
The Minister for Media said that she hoped to appoint a full-time replacement RTÉ chair within the week and that there are active consultations about the appointment.
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