On 29 May 2012 RTÉ apologised after it emerged a member of their graphics team had airbrushed the logo of a TV3 microphone during a news report on the 27 May edition of the programme . Both broadcasters had been covering the return home of the pop duo Jedward following their 23rd-place finish at the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan , and the logo was removed from a still image that appeared behind the newsreader during the story . A spokesman said of the issue : In March 2009 , RTÉ News at Nine O'Clock carried a report on 2 oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen , then-Taoiseach ( prime minister ) of Ireland , in the nude that were briefly displayed in Dublin art galleries in March 2009 as an act of guerrilla art . The report by Tadhg Enright displayed the paintings and mentioned that Cowen was " not thought to have posed for the anonymous artist " . The report was not used on subsequent newscasts . On 24 March , the Nine O'Clock News included an apology " for any personal offence caused to Mr Cowen or his family or for any disrespect shown to the office of Taoiseach by the prior broadcast . " The apology was read on air by Eileen Dunne . The original item was removed from the online archives at RTÉ.ie , and the apology added . The RTÉ News report was criticised as being in bad taste by Fianna Fáil Senators Maria Corrigan and Mary O'Rourke and TDs M. J. Nolan and Michael Kennedy . Fine Gael TD Michael W. D'Arcy called it the " most distasteful report I have seen on RTÉ in years " . Kennedy urged consideration for the feelings of Cowen 's wife and children , and called on Director-General of RTÉ , Cathal Goan , to resign , but did not advocate charging the artist
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