This morning.
On RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live.
Chair of the Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht and Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth (above right) spoke with Ms Byrne briefly about the report RTÉ published yesterday concerning the five Covid-19 guidelines which were breached at a recent retirement gathering (above left) in Montrose.
Ms Byrne started by asking Ms Smyth if the report drew a line under the matter for her or did she believe there were more questions to be answered?
She said she has read the report and that “most of the questions have been answered…maybe not all of them…”.
Asked what questions hadn’t been answered, she said:
“Well, the question of how this came to be organised in the first place. Now we do accept RTÉ are saying there is a Garda investigation ongoing and that restricts some of the findings that they can communicate in the report so, you know, I suppose as a committee, we’ll have to decide does that draw a line under it or are there further questions to answer.”
Ms Smyth said the committee will be meeting tomorrow where they will deliberate the report.
Asked if RTE representatives will be appearing before the committee, Ms Smyth replied:
“Not as yet.”
Yesterday: Five Breaches
Meanwhile…
Surely if they fire her, there'2 a spot for her in RTE @rte? You're all party people there, after all.
Kay Burley absent from show after admitting coronavirus rule breach https://t.co/ev9xAqYz7Q
— Langrishegodown (@MikadoofJapan) December 8, 2020
Nothing about this story is remarkable except the stupidity of those involved. But we are going through the farce of pretending its important. Like the Brian Stanley tweet. Media will eat itself.
Shur isn’t that what they are all there for
in RTÉ
more or less
to lick each other like
Who cares. When did broadsheet become a repost site for gript fans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6PNc9KN50M