Broadcaster George Hook took to Twitter from his hospital bed yesterday to lament the fact so many patients were forced to suffer on trolleys as he rested comfortably in a private room.

Veteran broadcaster George Hook is set to pocket over €900,000 from the voluntary wind-up of his media firm.

Salary cuts for one of RTÉ’s top earners, Joe Duffy, don’t appear to have hit his bank balance as his firm’s cash pile last year rose 11% to €168,320.