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Kevin Bakhurst: the former managing director at RTÉ was the choice of the RTÉ interview panel for the DG role

On Thursday afternoon, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, chair of the RTÉ board, called an emergency meeting to present the new director general of the broadcaster for approval.

The top job at RTÉ is offered to a preferred candidate after a public recruitment process, but the board must vote to ratify the appointment.

On Friday morning, Ní Raghallaigh told the board that the interview panel had picked Kevin Bakhurst, a British-born graduate of the University of Cambridge ...