Bird set for return to RTÉ newsroom

RTÉ has confirmed that its Washington correspondent Charlie Bird is to be replaced.

RTÉ has confirmed that its Washington correspondent Charlie Bird is to be replaced.

Bird will return to his old position as chief news correspondent after just a year of his four-year posting in the United States.

The second part of his documentary series on his time in the US attracted 563,000 viewers on Monday night.

A new Washington correspondent will be chosen internally by RTÉ.

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