Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh

Case at Workplace Relations Commission did not proceed on Wednesday as it is understood a number of witnesses had contracted Covid-19.

Mr O’Neill explained that the alleged incident involved “a couple of high-profile individuals” who were completely incidental to the central allegations of the case but he believed their names “should not come out.” Counsel for RTÉ, Mairéad McKenna, BL, applied to the WRC for an adjournment of the case as she explained a number of the broadcaster’s witnesses were unable to attend. A scheduled sitting of the case being taken by thepresenter at the Workplace Relations Commission did not proceed on Wednesday as it is understood a number of witnesses had contracted Covid-19.

Hearing put back to September after key defence witnesses contract Covid-19.

“There are a couple of high-profile individuals — notwithstanding any anonymity order I just don’t want their names to make their way out,” he said. The parties’ legal teams have agreed to use code names to refer to the alleged perpetrators in public session and the adjudicating officer, Breiffni O’Neill, said he was making direction to the press not to name them. At a hearing on May 4th, RTÉ's lawyers sought anonymity for the alleged perpetrators and a direction to the press not to name them in the event of a “slip-up” by counsel.

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You have the wet gear just in case, rushing out the door and then it is all calm once you are in the car. When you are in the thick, everything is important but you take the next thing as it comes because there are injuries. I am the same person but I have to respect that they are not the same people, all four personalities are completely different and I have to adapt to each one. My daughter Síle played basketball as well and that was strange because you are so close to the action, you can hear every breath and it is such a vocal sport. It is hard to watch as a mother though; if they get a belt, you want to kill the person that hit them, it is human nature. All of a sudden I have no space and I am questioning it and it is because they have gotten bigger. I do still have an itch to live abroad because Ciaran and I have never done it. To be honest, I have no comment to make on it because I don’t know how I will feel, I could be running out the door and want to do something else. I don’t want to find myself restricted at what I can do at 65 and it is very hard for people to accept that they can’t do something they used to. I sent an email to management immediately and I told them that I wanted to talk to them about Nationwide. When you are in the business, you are always looking for the next gig but how many of them would truly suit me? I sometimes regret not looking further afield, was that a lack of self-confidence or was it because I found myself with a very young family? Even when I wasn’t involved in a production and I gave my opinion, it seemed to be valued.

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They’re nothing to do with the incident, but their names should not come out.” This has been going on for a long time, and she was anxious to proceed.” At a hearing last month, RTÉ’s lawyers sought anonymity for the alleged perpetrators and a direction to the press not to name them in the event of a “slip-up” by counsel.