RTÉ probe finds different accounts of what happened with controversial tweet

RTÉ executive Cillian de Paor was asked to investigate how the false tweet came to be read out on air. His conclusions have been obtained by The Sunday Business Post.

In an email sent to senior RTÉ people at 10.49pm on February 28, 2012, De Paor said he had interviewed Ken O’Shea, Aoife Kelleher and Michael Hughes about the by-now infamous tweet.

“Ken [O’Shea] recollected noticing the original tweet as he and Aoife ...