Mr Quinn yesterday also confirmed that he had declined an offer to appear on last night's show. Mr Waters confirmed that he turned down an offer to appear on last night's show. While some of them initially seemed willing to take up that offer, they declined after taking legal advice.Īll six were also offered the opportunity to take part in a debate on last night's Saturday Night Show, but this was also turned down. It is understood that all six litigants were offered the opportunity of a right of reply. The remaining Iona Institute members who threatened legal action against RTE were Dr Patricia Casey, the well-known psychiatrist Dr John Murray and Ms Maria Steen.Īn RTE source yesterday said that it made the decision to settle on pragmatic grounds, as it believed that going to court could potentially have cost the cash-strapped station "hundreds of thousands of euros", according to the station's legal advice.
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The RTÉ archive collections consist of a selection of news, current affairs, music and programme material, and a large selection of unique archive material. The radio service was inaugurated in 1926 and the television service in 1961. Mr Waters is believed to have received the largest share of the settlement – €30,000 – with the rest being shared among the others. RTÉ is the Irish National Public Service Broadcasting Organization. The claim of homophobia was made by drag artist Rory O'Neill, who performs under the stage name of Miss Panti, during an interview in which he referred to the debate on legislation for same-sex marriage and adoption. A straight piano player must re-examine his attitude toward homosexuals after taking a job at the Continental Baths, one of New Yorks most notorious gay hangouts. RTE paid out a total of €85,000 to six people, including the journalists John Waters and Breda O'Brien of the Irish Times, David Quinn, head of the Iona Institute, and other institute members over a claim on the Saturday Night Show that they were homophobic.Īnd it now appears that some of the money will be going to a fund to commemorate Iona member Tom O'Gorman, who was savagely murdered in his Dublin home.
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