Accumulated profits at Oliver Callan entertainment company rise to €2.1m

The profits of the last two years coincide with Mr Callan's initial two-year contract worth €150,000 a year to present a mid-morning radio show on RTÉ that was formerly presented by Ryan Tubridy.

Accumulated profits at the entertainment firm owned by RTÉ Radio One mid-morning presenter, satirist and impressionist Oliver Callan last year increased to €2.1m.

New accounts filed by the Co Monaghan man’s Catchy Title Ltd show the company recorded post-tax profits of €200,364 in 2025.

The €200,364 post-tax profits for 2025 are more than double the post-tax profits of €92,173 for 2024.

The profits of the last two years coincide with Mr Callan's initial two-year contract worth €150,000 a year to present a mid-morning radio show on RTÉ that was formerly presented by Ryan Tubridy.

Mr Callan also produces Callan's Kicks satirical show and made 24 shows across 12 hours of radio in 2025, along with a one-hour-four-minute special, Callan Kicks 2025 in December last year.

At an appearance before a Dáil Oireachtas Committee in May of this year, RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst conceded Callan’s combined payments from his mid-morning show and his payments for his Callan's Kicks work place him among RTÉ top ten earners.

The ratings success of Callan’s initial one-hour mid-morning show persuaded RTÉ bosses to give him a two-hour slot, from 11am to 1pm Monday to Friday.

The most recent JNLR figures from August show the Oliver Callan show had 285,000 listeners each day in the 12 months to the end of June this year, down from 296,000 in the prior period.

Current assets at Catchy Title Ltd, made up of cash and money owed to the firm by debtors, increased from €1.24m to €1.45m.

Callan took very little income from his firm in terms of salary, with his director’s salary last year totalling €23,239, almost half the €52,056 paid out in 2024.

The book value of the company’s tangible assets fell from €732,424 to €726,981.

A journalism graduate from DCU, the 45-year-old man earned his stripes on his Nob Nation sketch on the Gerry Ryan Show on 2FM and has been producing his highly popular Callan’s Kicks satire show for RTÉ for many years.

The broadcaster set up the company in 2012 to capitalise on the lucrative earnings from his comedy.