Filmmaker settles libel case after RTE issues an apology

A FILMMAKER has welcomed an apology from RTE for “unfair and incorrect” claims made about her in a programme broadcast on Radio na Gaeltachta almost two years ago. In the High Court yesterday the state broadcaster apologised to Neasa Ni Chianain, the maker...

Filmmaker secures apology from RTÉ

A filmmaker has secured an apology from RTÉ at the High Court in settlement of defamation proceedings over comments made about her award-winning documentary, Fairytale in Kathmandu. Neasa Ní Chianáin had sued RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd and Paddy Bushe, An...

APOLOGY Neasa Ni Chianain

In a number of articles published in 2008 and 2009, the Sunday Independent suggested that Neasa Ni Chianain, the prominent documentary film maker, had acted improperly in the making and direction of the well known RTE documentary Fairytale of Kathmandu. We acknowledge...