Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Aoife Kavanagh is a former reporter and presenter for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and part of the team at the centre of the "Mission to Prey" scandal that has rocked the Irish national radio and television broadcaster. She resigned from RTÉ following the publication of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) statement of findings and the full report on the programme. She rejected many of the findings of the report in her resignation statement and faced no sanction for her role in the programme.Previously she was a presenter of RTÉ flagship radio programmes Morning Ireland (RTÉ Radio 1) and a reporter withPrime Time Investigates (RTÉ One). During her time with RTÉ she was highly regarded for her reportage from the developing world on conflict, human rights and development issues. She made national news headlines herself in 2011 however when she was at the centre of a controversy surrounding the defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds. The defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds led to the suspension of the Prime Time programme, prompted an investigation and led to interventions by politicians as senior as the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The entire team involved in the programme including the Managing Editor of News and Current Affairs temporarily stepped aside from involvement in on-air programming to co-operate with the investigation.In 2011, a defamation/libel suit was filed against RTÉ following one of Ms Kavanagh's reports on Prime Time. The episode was entitled "Mission to Prey" - about sexual abuse by Irish Catholic Missionary Priests in Africa, including one whereby the Priest (Fr. Kevin Reynolds) was falsely accused of child-rape and fathering a child while a missionary in Kenya. The suit against the national broadcaster was settled for an undisclosed sum.RTÉ later broadcast an apology to Fr Kevin Reynolds. The head of the Irish Missionary Union said Kavanagh's continuing presence on Morning Ireland after being found guilty of defaming Fr Kevin Reynolds was “unfair and unjust” and a demonstration of “double standards” in the media.RTÉ was fined €200,000 by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) as a result of the defamation of Fr Kevin Reynolds following what the BAI said were serious breaches of the Broadcasting Act 2009. The report found that "Second-hand repetition of gossip appears to have been treated as corroboration, as Ms Kavanagh did not appear to have met or questioned colleagues who according to the primary source, were aware of the allegations". Kavanagh resigned from RTÉ on 4 May 2012. She had previously been tipped as a replacement for Charlie Bird in the role of RTÉ's US Correspondent after he left the States. Director-General of RTÉ Noel Curran admitted the broadcasting of "Mission to Prey" was "one of the gravest editorial mistakes ever made" at RTÉ. "Far Away Up Close (Development series)" (2006) "White Collar Crime" (2009) "Mission to Prey" (2011)↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ 6.0 6.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑. }
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- Aoife_Kavanagh abstract "Aoife Kavanagh is a former reporter and presenter for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and part of the team at the centre of the "Mission to Prey" scandal that has rocked the Irish national radio and television broadcaster. She resigned from RTÉ following the publication of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) statement of findings and the full report on the programme. She rejected many of the findings of the report in her resignation statement and faced no sanction for her role in the programme.Previously she was a presenter of RTÉ flagship radio programmes Morning Ireland (RTÉ Radio 1) and a reporter withPrime Time Investigates (RTÉ One). During her time with RTÉ she was highly regarded for her reportage from the developing world on conflict, human rights and development issues. She made national news headlines herself in 2011 however when she was at the centre of a controversy surrounding the defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds. The defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds led to the suspension of the Prime Time programme, prompted an investigation and led to interventions by politicians as senior as the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The entire team involved in the programme including the Managing Editor of News and Current Affairs temporarily stepped aside from involvement in on-air programming to co-operate with the investigation.In 2011, a defamation/libel suit was filed against RTÉ following one of Ms Kavanagh's reports on Prime Time. The episode was entitled "Mission to Prey" - about sexual abuse by Irish Catholic Missionary Priests in Africa, including one whereby the Priest (Fr. Kevin Reynolds) was falsely accused of child-rape and fathering a child while a missionary in Kenya. The suit against the national broadcaster was settled for an undisclosed sum.RTÉ later broadcast an apology to Fr Kevin Reynolds. The head of the Irish Missionary Union said Kavanagh's continuing presence on Morning Ireland after being found guilty of defaming Fr Kevin Reynolds was “unfair and unjust” and a demonstration of “double standards” in the media.RTÉ was fined €200,000 by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) as a result of the defamation of Fr Kevin Reynolds following what the BAI said were serious breaches of the Broadcasting Act 2009. The report found that "Second-hand repetition of gossip appears to have been treated as corroboration, as Ms Kavanagh did not appear to have met or questioned colleagues who according to the primary source, were aware of the allegations". Kavanagh resigned from RTÉ on 4 May 2012. She had previously been tipped as a replacement for Charlie Bird in the role of RTÉ's US Correspondent after he left the States. Director-General of RTÉ Noel Curran admitted the broadcasting of "Mission to Prey" was "one of the gravest editorial mistakes ever made" at RTÉ. "Far Away Up Close (Development series)" (2006) "White Collar Crime" (2009) "Mission to Prey" (2011)↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ 6.0 6.1 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".