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. Photo Shows : Director-General of RTÉ. (Ard-Stiúrthóir, RTÉ – Raidió Teilifís Éireann) Kevin Bakhurst leaving Leinster house after attending the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport. 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