Aoife Kavanagh

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Who is Aoife Kavanagh?

Aoife Kavanagh is a former reporter and presenter for Raidió Teilifís Éireann 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 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 and a reporter withPrime Time Investigates. During her time with RTE 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.

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on July 23, 2013

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