Leaving the media pack of journalists, cameras and microphones behind, Kevin Bakhurst found RTÉ’s head of communications at his side.  In a slightly too big blue suit, Bakhurst walked at a relaxed pace, one hand in his pocket with Neil O’Gorman, quietly debriefing on the forty-minute media Q&A the new director general of RTÉ had just put himself through. It was Bakhurst’s first official day in the job, and it was a day entirely designed to shift public perception of the station’s management team from dripping chaos to order.  Although Bakhurst has privately been meeting and speaking with stakeholders in…

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