RTÉ TV cuts: Fair City dropping to three nights and Young Offenders air date pushed to 2025

Deputy Director General Adrian Lynch said that RTÉ's overall running costs will rise in 2024, which he described as a "challenging year" for the organisation
RTÉ TV cuts: Fair City dropping to three nights and Young Offenders air date pushed to 2025

Jock (Chris Walley) and Conor (Alex Murphy) in The Young Offenders. Its next season has been pushed to 2025

Fair City and The Young Offenders are among RTÉ’s entertainment offerings affected by a minimum of €10 million in cuts to expenditure planned for next year, the broadcaster has confirmed in a statement.

Deputy Director General Adrian Lynch told staff in an email that these cuts were necessary to address "immediate and significant financial challenges".

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