Aoife Kavanagh
| Aoife Kavanagh | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Journalist and documentary producer. |
| Employer | Various |
| Known for |
Mission to Prey, Defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds Presenter of 'Morning Ireland', RTÉ. |
Aoife Kavanagh is a former reporter and presenter for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and was at the centre of the "Mission to Prey" scandal that rocked the Irish national radio and television broadcaster in 2011. She resigned from RTÉ following the publication of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) statement of findings and the full report on the programme.
Previously, she was a presenter of RTÉ flagship radio programme Morning Ireland (RTÉ Radio 1) and a reporter with RTÉ television programme Prime Time Investigates (RTÉ One). She, herself, made national news headlines in 2011 however when she was at the centre of a controversy surrounding the defamation of Fr. Kevin Reynolds in a documentary entitled Mission To Prey. 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 Ms Kavanagh's report 'Mission To Prey' on Prime Time – 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. On 18 November 2011, 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.
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