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RTE announces Director of Content is leaving the broadcaster after deal reached in ‘with the support of WRC’ [Video]

RTE has revealed that the broadcaster’s Director of Content Jim Jennings is set to leave at the end of the month.

Sharing the update to staff, Director General, Kevin Bakhurst, informed employees of Jennings’ decision to quit.

Jennings was a member of the executive board of RTÉCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
Adrian Lynch, Director of Audience, Channels and Marketing, Dee Forbes, Former Director General and Jim Jennings, Director of Content at RTÉCredit: Andres Poveda Photography

Bakhurst said that an agreement had been reached in the terms of Jennings’ leave “with the support of the Workplace Relations Commission”.

A spokesperson for RTE added that part of this process was that the terms agreed on are to remain confidential.

Jennings was a member of the executive board of RTÉ up until last year.

Since then, he has been on leave for health reasons.

RTE have noted that he was not on the Interim Leadership Team, which was set up by Bakhurst when he took …

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