by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2019
RTE: Mobile article ‘vandalised by the inclusion of a rogue sentence’
Irish public broadcaster RTE published an unusual apology to football player Jake Doyle-Hayes. The apology said its mobile version of...
RTE (Ireland)
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2018
RTE libeled former IRA member, must pay him €3,500
During a 2015 program presented by Irish public broadcaster RTE, panelists discussed Nicky Kehoe, the political manager for the Sinn Féin...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2014
Were Paparazzi photos of Irish RTE TV anchor taken from ‘in the bushes’?
Irish Daily Mirror editor John Keirans admitted that it was a "mistake" to publish undercover photos of RTE news anchor...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2014
RTE: Our libel defense ‘Unlikely to Succeed Before Jury,’ Homophobic Remarks cost us
Irish broadcaster RTE paid €85,000 in a libel settlement over comments made in a Jan. 11 entertainment program, Saturday Night...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2014
Ariel Sharon Didn’t lead Beirut massacre, Ireland’s RTE Corrects
Following complaints, Irish public broadcaster RTE corrected a report about former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who died Jan. 11...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2012
RTE Releases Report into Presidential Debate Standards, Irish Broadcasting Authority Calls for Full Report’s Publication
After the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's Compliance Committee called for Irish public broadcaster RTE to publish its "internal report" about...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2012
RTE Settles Libel Lawsuit over 2009 Story, Issues Clarification that Woman Not ‘participant in or guilty of that fraud’
Irish public broadcaster RTE has issued a clarification in its libel settlement with a County Cork, Ireland woman named Mary...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2012
RTE Pays Reporter for Resigning after Father Kevin Reynolds Libel
Irish public broadcaster RTE paid its former reporter Aoife Kavanagh "in the region of €25,000" for resigning after a segment...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2012
More Libel Claims against RTE for Mission to Prey Program
Kenyan bishop Philip Sulumeti is suing Irish public broadcaster RTE for its claims in the 2011 Prime Time Investigates "Mission...
by Sydney Smith on May 06, 2012
Irish Broadcasting Authority Fines RTE € 200,000, RTE Calls Libel ‘1 of the Most Significant Errors’ in RTE History
Irish public broadcaster RTE's 2011 libel of Catholic priest Father Kevin Reynolds prompted a huge libel settlement, a noteworthy apology,...