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RTE refuses to give TDs contract details of three former executives

RTE has refused to give a powerful committee the contractual details of three former executives. Public Accounts Committee chairman Brian Stanley said committee members had received a number of documents this week, but some had been withheld by the ...

22 Sept 2023 at 16:04

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Tubridy should appear before committee over payments – Taoiseach

Former Late Late Show presenter Ryan Tubridy should be willing to appear before an Oireachtas committee to answer questions about undeclared payments made to him by RTE, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. Mr Varadkar also said he would like to see ...

29 Jun 2023 at 15:16

National News

RTE executives must offer full transparency at committee hearing, members warn

RTE executives must provide full transparency when they appear before an Irish parliamentary committee probing the misreported payments scandal, committee members have warned. The media committee will sit on Wednesday afternoon to ask questions ...

28 Jun 2023 at 12:43

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RTE director-general Dee Forbes resigns after presenter payments row

Dee Forbes, the suspended director-general of RTE, has resigned from the Irish national broadcaster, saying she is “ultimately responsible” following the scandal over undisclosed payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy. Ms Forbes was suspended ...

26 Jun 2023 at 09:25

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RTE ‘contractually obliged’ to make 75,000 euro payments to Tubridy – report

RTE was under a “contractual obligation” to pay its top presenter Ryan Tubridy two amounts of 75,000 euro, an investigation commissioned by the Irish broadcaster found. On Tuesday evening, RTE published the report it received on June 16 from ...

27 Jun 2023 at 21:20

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Former RTE DG was asked to resign a week before scandal broke, committee hears

The chair of RTE’s board has revealed she asked its director general to quit almost a week before the scandal about misreported payments became public. Siun Ni Raghallaigh made the disclosure as she joined fellow board members and several ...

28 Jun 2023 at 18:42

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RTÉ records €2.4 million surplus despite drop in TV licence sales

RTÉ returned a net surplus after tax of €2.4 million despite a drop in TV licence sales, the State broadcaster's annual report has revealed. Total revenue for TV Licence and commercial activities increased by €13.3m between 2020 and 2021 ...

18 Jul 2022 at 15:50

National News

RTÉ accused of acting like ‘rogue employer’ at Public Accounts Committee

RTE has been accused of behaving like a “rogue employer” after failing to commit to paying benefits to staff who missed out because they were wrongly classified as freelance workers. The broadcaster’s director general Dee Forbes ...

20 Jan 2022 at 15:56

National News

New RTE director-general concedes broadcaster ‘may have to become smaller’

RTE’s new director-general has conceded the broadcaster may have to become smaller going forward as he declined to rule out future redundancies. Kevin Bakhurst also acknowledged the potential for more damning revelations to ...

10 Jul 2023 at 17:24

RTE’s new director-general announces temporary leadership team

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RTE’s new director-general stands down senior leadership team at broadcaster

RTE’s new director-general has stood down the broadcaster’s executive board and replaced it with a temporary interim leadership team as he moved to restore confidence in the crisis-hit organisation. On his first morning in ...

10 Jul 2023 at 13:53

National News

Unions hold ‘positive’ meeting with incoming RTE boss

Trade union representatives at RTE held a “positive” meeting with the incoming director-general of the national broadcaster ahead of his first day in charge on Monday. It comes as a minister warned that Government ...

07 Jul 2023 at 15:17

National News

Government patience with RTE is running low, minister warns

Government patience with RTE is running low and the broadcaster’s incoming director general must make clear on day one that changes will happen, a minister has warned. Higher education minister Simon Harris said ...

07 Jul 2023 at 10:35

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