A 54-year-old Irish man has appeared in court in Leeds charged with two offences in relation to attempting to engage in sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl.
He will be allowed to return to Ireland under the terms of his bail.
Kieran Creaven, whose address cannot be published by order of the court, was arrested in Leeds on Saturday night.
Mr Creaven is a senior television producer in the RTÉ Sports department.
He is accused of attempting to meet a 13-year-old girl at The Queens hotel in Leeds, on one or more occasions between 17 July and 18 November this year, following grooming.
He is also accused that between the same dates he attempted to incite a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity.
The Crown Prosecution Service objected to bail given Mr Creaven's address is in Dublin and not Leeds.
However, it was granted under strict conditions.
Under the terms of his bail, he must reside at an address given in court and he is not allowed to have any unsupervised contact with children under 16.
Mr Creaven was also told he must comply with any request from British police to supply any device that may have access to the internet.
He has been directed to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 18 December, or face arrest.
RTÉ confirmed in a statement that Mr Creaven is suspended until further notice.
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