RTE have this afternoon announced a new member of the Prime Time team to replace Mark Little who left the programme before Christmas and is on a year’s leave of absence from RTE.

Journalist and broadcaster Richard Crowley is joining RTÉ Prime Time as a presenter, starting on Thursday 14^th January. He will continue to work on the News programme This Week (on Sundays at 1.00pm on RTÉ Radio 1) which he has presented and edited since last June.

A very interesting choice by RTE. Richard is a great radio journalist and has extensive experience reporting from the Middle East and was a former presenter on Morning Ireland.