RTÉ Prime Time staff get rap on knuckles over leaks to media about Catherine Martin’s ‘bombshell’ interview

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Niamh Horan

RTÉ’s Prime Time team have received a dressing-down from management for speaking to journalists about what happened behind the scenes on the night Media Minister Catherine Martin took part in her bombshell interview.

This weekend, a source on the team said “disappointment” had been expressed by management that “someone from the Prime Time team”, who was present in Montrose on the night of the controversial interview, had spoken to the Sunday Independent.