Mr. Ed Mulhall:

Any fallout. I will give examples of it. I know of some of the discussions around it because I would have been involved in discussions, so I am not totally oblivious to what happened, and also because many issues regarding the programme might have come originally to current affairs, assuming that it was a direct current affairs programme.

In the immediate aftermath of the programme, RTE was dealing with a number of official complaints. There were complaints that went to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland about the programme. In my recollection, I think they came from representative bodies, but the Chairman can check the record of who made the complaints. I think RTE fought that complaint successfully.

There was also a deal of press coverage in the immediate aftermath of the programme. Richard Curran is on record, in the book by O'Donovan and Murphy, as talking about the reaction to him in the aftermath of that programme. Richard Curran worked as a correspondent in news before moving to the Irish Independent. I have known Richard for a long time, so I would have talked to him during that period.