Ray Kennedy

News Journalist

Brazil is still counting the cost of staging the 2016 Olympics

Rio continues to pay the price for its Olympic odyssey

A week out from the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, Ray Kennedy looks back at Rio 2016 and asks about the true cost of hosting the ...

Analysis and Comment • 16 Jul 21

The aviation industry is on its knees and for Ireland that is a big problem, with 90% of inward travel by air

Stalled aviation industry waits in departure lounge

With aviation forming a sizeable portion of Ireland's economy, pilots, aircrew and aircraft now inhabit unfamiliar territory on the ground, for what could be two ...

Analysis and Comment • 25 Apr 21

The UN World Food Programme has warned that 150,000 are at risk of famine

Humanitarian crisis growing in South Sudan

Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham has spent a week behind the scenes in South Sudan observing the growing humanitarian crisis with RTE's Ray Kennedy.

News • 05 May 18

Women walk to a food distribution at the Protection of Civilian sit in Bentiu, South Sudan (Pic: United Nations)

Ray Kennedy: South Sudan's fragile cradle

World • 02 May 18

Matthew Horan gathered thousands of images of the girls after obtaining them through various apps

Man jailed for sexually exploiting young girls

Dublin man Matthew Horan, who sexually exploited girls as young as nine through social media, has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years, with the final two ...

Courts • 27 Jan 18

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