By Niamh Walsh PUBLISHED: 20:49 EST, 23 February 2013 | UPDATED: 20:56 EST, 23 February 2013 It was billed as the tough cop-tough cop double team – veteran Miriam O’Callaghan and rising star Claire Byrne – that would wring the truth out of the protagonists in the big stories of the day. But the first controversy of RTÉ’s revamped current affairs flagship Prime Time pitched the two hosts against each other – and it was the younger woman who came off the winner. Both main anchor Miriam and newcomer Claire arrived for the first show wearing red.
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Veteran broadcaster Miriam blended into the background
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Newcomer Claire Byrne shone out in her scarlet red dress
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A source said that RTE bosses made Miriam change her outfit to allow Claire to stand out
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