Second Captains directors share €817,000 pay pot

The Second Captains firm produced 'Second Captains Saturday' on RTÉ 1 Radio in 2023 and is contracted to produce the show again this summer

The five Second Captains directors each hold a 20% share in the company and the podcast company generates the bulk of its revenues from paying subscribers. File picture: Billy Stickland/Inpho

Broadcaster Eoin McDevitt and his four colleagues from the Second Captains podcast shared a bumper production fee pay pot of €817,000 last year, according to new accounts for the company behind the podcasts under the multi-award-winning Second Captains banner, Second Captains Ltd.

The accounts for 2023 show connected companies owned by McDevitt, Ken Early, Ciaran Murphy, Simon Hick and Mark Horgan were each paid €149,000 in fees for production work carried out on behalf of Second Captains Ltd last year.