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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 declined to give a ...

20 Jan 2022 at 15:56

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RTE executive denies misleading committee on knowledge of Tubridy deal

A senior RTE executive has denied misleading a parliamentary committee over who knew what about a commercial deal at the heart of the payments crisis engulfing the broadcaster. Interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch insisted he had been ...

13 Jul 2023 at 14:19

National News

Huge piece of puzzle missing over RTE controversy, says committee chairwoman

There is still a “huge part of the jigsaw puzzle missing” with regard to information on the concealed payments controversy at RTE, the head of an Oireachtas committee has said. Niamh Smyth, chairwoman of the Oireachtas Media Committee, said ...

16 Jul 2023 at 14:24

National News

‘Critical’ agreement to underwrite payments to Tubridy was verbal – RTE deputy

A “critical” agreement to underwrite commercial payments to RTE presenter Ryan Tubridy was made verbally between former director general Dee Forbes and Tubridy’s agent, a committee has been told. RTE interim director general Adrian Lynch ...

29 Jun 2023 at 01:01

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Tubridy apologises for not asking questions about reporting of his earnings

Presenter Ryan Tubridy has “apologised unreservedly” for not asking questions when RTE published incorrect figures for his earnings. Tubridy also revealed that he would not be presenting his daily radio show next week as the national ...

23 Jun 2023 at 21:33

National News

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 ...

26 Jun 2023 at 09:25

National News

RTE facing ‘serious hits’ to funding streams following payments scandal

RTE is facing “serious hits” to its income streams in the wake of the Ryan Tubridy payments controversy, a government minister has warned. Minister of state Patrick O’Donovan suggested the broadcaster would experience a decrease ...

25 Jun 2023 at 16:01

National News

RTE director general Dee Forbes suspended amid furore over Ryan Tubridy salary

The director general of RTE has been suspended amid a controversy over the national broadcaster’s misreporting of the salary of star presenter Ryan Tubridy. Dee Forbes, who was already due to step down from her role next month, ...

23 Jun 2023 at 15:50

National News

RTE email on underwriting Tubridy’s commercial deal a ‘shocking revelation’

The disclosure of an email to Ryan Tubridy’s agent has undermined attempts by senior RTE executives to distances themselves from the payments controversy, parliamentarians have been told. Agent Noel Kelly described the email ...

11 Jul 2023 at 20:12

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 Kevin ...

07 Jul 2023 at 10:35

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

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 ...

10 Jul 2023 at 17:24

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