Kevin Bakhurst aims to ‘minimise uncertainty’ as job cuts among plans for RTE

RTE Director General Kevin Bakhurst leaves his office at RTE Headquarters (PA)

RTE director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he wants to “minimise uncertainty” for staff as redundancies are among the proposed cost-cutting plans for the broadcaster.

The Government has agreed to provide 56 million euros in additional funding to RTE after the organisation published plans to reduce its workforce.