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<p>RTE's former commercial director Geraldine O’Leary spent €74,322 over four years on expenses she has said were “approved in advance”. Picture: Sam Boal</p>

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RTÉ executives spent thousands on dining out at some of the country's leading restaurants

Among the €175,000 RTÉ executives put on corporate credit cards in the space of five years were the bills for dining out in some of Ireland’s top restaurants.

<p>Media committee chair Niamh Smyth said it was disappointing' they would not be able to engage with Ms Forbes, considering her role as a former director general of RTÉ. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire</p>

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Dee Forbes still 'not fit or able' to be investigated over RTÉ

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RTÉ executives were warned musicals are 'notoriously difficult', documents show

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Mick Clifford: Exit packages for RTÉ executives, because they're worth it

Oireachtas committee

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Bakhurst to seek legal advice on disclosing further details of RTÉ exit packages

Varadkar says 'culture of arrogance' among senior RTÉ staff led to poor governance

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Varadkar says 'culture of arrogance' among senior RTÉ staff led to poor governance

Letters to the Editor: Israel responds with two fingers to the ICJ

Letters to the Editor: Israel responds with two fingers to the ICJ

Much of the commentary on the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) Ruling last Friday has underplayed some key factors, namely:None of the Israeli legal team’s arguments, including its lengthy right to self-defence in occupied territories, ...

Sat, 03 Feb, 2024

Grant Thornton report reveals extent of Toy Show musical's failings

Grant Thornton report reveals extent of Toy Show musical's failings

Despite their receiving the Government’s shaky backing last week, it’s very difficult to see how RTÉ’s board members survive this

Mon, 29 Jan, 2024

RTE pay revelations

Letters to the Editor: TV licence payers and viewers want real reform at RTÉ

One reader queries RTÉ's 'new direction', while others consider issues including racism, energy prices, and the risk of bird flu

Fri, 19 Jan, 2024

RTE pay revelations

S After annus horribilis, what does 2024 hold for RTÉ?

If 2023 taught RTÉ anything, it’s that things can go from plain sailing to a perfect storm in the blink of an eye.

Wed, 10 Jan, 2024

Gareth O'Callaghan: I worked for RTÉ for 17 years. Time to tell a story I have never told before

S Gareth O'Callaghan: I worked for RTÉ for 17 years. Time to tell a story I have never told before

Ryan Tubridy failed utterly to heed his old mentor, says Gareth O’Callaghan

Sun, 24 Dec, 2023

FILE PHOTO It has been reported that RTE Chief Financial Officer Richard Collins is to resign from his position END

Ex-RTÉ executive claims he was left out of Tubridy pay meeting 'to conceal' deal from him

Richard Collins said he can 'only speculate' as to why he was not updated regarding what had happened on May 7

Thu, 14 Dec, 2023

RTE staff cuts

Cianan Brennan: Arrogance and unchecked daft decisions laid RTÉ low

Rank-and-file RTÉ staff are pawns on a political chessboard in fight for broadcaster's survival

Tue, 14 Nov, 2023

RTÉ finally gives PAC note about meeting on Tubridy contract

RTÉ finally gives PAC note about meeting on Tubridy contract

Despite RTÉ’s unwillingness to underwrite a third-party deal for Ryan Tubridy, the note revels that Dee Forbes was willing to 'personally ensure' that money from Late Late Show sponsorship would 'always be apportioned' to Tubridy

Fri, 10 Nov, 2023

Catherine Martin brands RTÉ performance review findings 'disappointing'

Catherine Martin brands RTÉ performance review findings 'disappointing'

Media Minister made the comments to the chairman of Coimisiún na Meán which has taken on the functions of the former Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Wed, 01 Nov, 2023

Letters to the Editor: Mystery over RTÉ’s footage of the 1991 Tall Ships Race in Cork

Letters to the Editor: Mystery over RTÉ’s footage of the 1991 Tall Ships Race in Cork

Retired commandant Ray Cawley asks what happened the footage sent each day to RTÉ by Tom McSweeney

Mon, 30 Oct, 2023

RTE pay revelations

Martin says RTÉ funding report may not be published

NewERA, the financial advisor for the Government, has been examining the request from RTÉ for interim funding

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

RTE pay revelations

'Legal obligations' stopping RTÉ from giving TDs contract details of former executives, says Bakhurst

RTÉ’s Director General said: 'We need to note that every individual at every level in RTÉ has a legal right to confidentiality.'

Fri, 22 Sep, 2023

RTÉ refuses to release Dee Forbes' contract despite request from PAC

RTÉ refuses to release Dee Forbes' contract despite request from PAC

Broadcaster also declined to share the exit packages of former CFO Breda O’Keeffe and commercial director Geraldine O’Leary

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Media committee to seek answers on 'unusual' RTÉ car allowances

Media committee to seek answers on 'unusual' RTÉ car allowances

The broadcaster spent €6,009 on three years’ worth of membership of the exclusive Soho House members club in London from 2019 to 2021

Wed, 13 Sep, 2023

Taoiseach: RTÉ must prove it deserves €55.5m bailout

Taoiseach: RTÉ must prove it deserves €55.5m bailout

The State broadcaster has been plunged into a financial crisis with more than 131,000 households now expected to avoid paying the TV licence this year

Thu, 07 Sep, 2023

McGrath 'hopes and expects' Dee Forbes will come before Oireachtas after signing off accounts

McGrath 'hopes and expects' Dee Forbes will come before Oireachtas after signing off accounts

Mr McGrath was speaking after it emerged that Ms Forbes signed off last week on the annual accounts for the management company of the gated community in West Cork where she lives.

Mon, 28 Aug, 2023

Cianan Brennan: Report shows Forbes has questions to answer

Cianan Brennan: Report shows Forbes has questions to answer

If corporate dealings were run that badly in the private sector then heads would roll, that’s simple fact

Sat, 26 Aug, 2023

Kevin Bakhurst appears guarded as Media Minister defends personal time

Kevin Bakhurst appears guarded as Media Minister defends personal time

Director General Kevin Bakhurst has said he no longer wants to talk about Ryan Tubridy and has not spoken to him since he made the decision that he would not be returning to RTÉ

Sat, 26 Aug, 2023

PAC asks RTÉ for more payment details and witnesses

PAC asks RTÉ for more payment details and witnesses

The committee wants to see former Director General Dee Forbes, former Chief Financial Officer Breda O’Keefe, former Commercial Director Geraldine O’Leary and former Director of Content Jim Jennings

Fri, 21 Jul, 2023

RTE Staff Rally

Mick Clifford: RTÉ Oireachtas hearings were a mix of the good, the bad, and the ugly

Some committee members asked pertinent questions but others used the hearings as a platform for grandstanding and some would-be inquisitors were bang out of order

Sat, 15 Jul, 2023

Cianan Brennan: Pay, perks, and the RTÉ Player — Kevin Bakhurst's baptism of fire

S Cianan Brennan: Pay, perks, and the RTÉ Player — Kevin Bakhurst's baptism of fire

It has been a long, long week for everyone associated with the scandal surrounding Ryan Tubridy’s pay

Sat, 15 Jul, 2023

RTE pay revelations

PAC to question RTÉ executives after original testimony 'blown out of the water'

Meanwhile, it has been reported that RTÉ could sell off its Montrose campus in Dublin

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

Terry Prone: Tubridy may have impressed his ardent fans, but his colleagues will decide his RTÉ future

Terry Prone: Tubridy may have impressed his ardent fans, but his colleagues will decide his RTÉ future

Whereas Noel Kelly kept seeking the false comfort of repeating statements that hadn’t worked the first time, Ryan is sensitive enough to know he had lost the room

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

RTE pay revelations

S Mick Clifford: Tubs set out to woo the wider public. The next few weeks will reveal if it worked

The Oireachtas provided the forum, but it was the viewing public and his RTÉ colleagues that Ryan Tubridy was really addressing

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

Terry Prone: The questions Ryan Tubridy must answer

S Terry Prone: The questions Ryan Tubridy must answer

The first thing Ryan Tubridy did was put his foot in it, right up to his knee. That was with the first statement

Tue, 11 Jul, 2023

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S Paul Hosford: More explosive episodes to come as RTÉ drama continues to unfold

The daily revelations have put the spotlight on the national broadcaster — and this series is not likely to end any time soon

Sat, 08 Jul, 2023

Documents detail agreement between Renault and RTÉ to recreate Late Late Show for VIPs

Documents detail agreement between Renault and RTÉ to recreate Late Late Show for VIPs

Documents show Dee Forbes wrote to Ryan Tubridy to not only guarantee his additional pay under a commercial agreement with Renault, but to guarantee that RTÉ would never ask him to take a reduction in fees

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

RTE pay revelations

Tubridy will be invited to attend PAC, committee chairman confirms

Brian Stanley told the Dáil: 'If they refuse to attend, we will use our powers to compel them to do so, but they should do the decent thing as public servants and show up.'

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

Letters to the Editor: Tall Ships Race in Cork omitted from RTÉ show

Letters to the Editor: Tall Ships Race in Cork omitted from RTÉ show

This is a letter written to Dee Forbes while she was director general of RTÉ, sent also to chairwoman Siún Ní Raghallaigh. It refers to the omission of the Tall Ships Race to Cork of 1991 from Reeling in the Years.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

RTE pay revelations

S Terry Prone: RTÉ's highest-paid shouldn’t get freebies — they can buy their own

The one thing that’s clear, after the two Oireachtas Committees’ interrogation of RTÉ’s top brass, is that the Tubridy saga happened because of corporate governance failures.

Sat, 01 Jul, 2023

RTÉ should face garda probe over finances - Donnelly

RTÉ should face garda probe over finances - Donnelly

After a bruising week for the broadcaster, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar also said he cannot rule out the possibility that some payments at RTÉ were 'on the wrong side of the law'

Sat, 01 Jul, 2023

RTÉ executives invited to media committee once again

RTÉ executives invited to media committee once again

The committee met yesterday and has decided to formally invite RTÉ executives, who appeared on Wednesday, back next week

Sat, 01 Jul, 2023

RTE pay revelations

NUJ wants Tubridy and Forbes to be probed by PAC over RTÉ payments scandal

Seamus Dooley, secretary of the Irish NUJ, stressed that the voices of ordinary RTÉ workers need to be heard in the coming external review of RTÉ’s corporate governance

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

5/5/2010. Gerry Ryans Wakes

Cianan Brennan: After a tumultuous week, RTÉ can expect no let-up in the days ahead

This is a scandal that could run and run, not least because of the sheer presence of the organisation in Irish people’s lives

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

5/5/2010. Gerry Ryans Wakes

Ryan Tubridy to be asked to explain RTÉ pay deal to Oireachtas committee

However, there is a sense that Mr Tubridy will turn down the invitation

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

RTE pay revelations

€1.25m went through RTÉ ‘slush fund’ barter accounts

More than a quarter of a million euro was spent on match tickets and travel through accounts that former RTÉ chairwoman Moya Doherty describes as a 'slush fund'

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Tackling issues

We learned yesterday that Munster are set to host Crusaders, the Super Rugby champions, in a “Clash of Champions” match next February — Munster, of course, being current URC champions.

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

Peter Duggan competes for a high ball with Dan Morrissey, Mike Casey and Diarmaid Byrnes 11/6/2023

Letters to the Editor: Abrupt end to hurling season for some teams

With four teams left in the senior hurling championship we must look to the Munster championship, again, for almost all of hurling’s thrills and spills in a season with just two weekends now remaining.

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

5/5/2010. Gerry Ryans Wakes

RTÉ Q&A: What did we learn during today's PAC hearing?

It was revealed that RTÉ spent €111,000 on travel and hotels to bring clients to the Rugby World Cup in Japan and another €26,000 on tickets for the Champions League final in Madrid

Thu, 29 Jun, 2023

Patrick Kielty to earn €250,000 per year for hosting Late Late Show

Patrick Kielty to earn €250,000 per year for hosting Late Late Show

Patrick Kielty has signed a three-season deal to host The Late Late Show beginning this September. He also said he will be covering his own flights and accommodation costs

Thu, 29 Jun, 2023

RTE pay revelations

RTÉ executives face second day of intense questioning over Tubridy payments scandal

A four-and-a-half hour grilling yesterday revealed that some senior members of the executive board of RTÉ became aware of accounting issues two weeks earlier than had previously been indicated.

Thu, 29 Jun, 2023

RTE pay revelations

Executives failed to calm 'considerable disquiet' around RTÉ payments controversy

The minister, however, did not address the fact that she was kept in the dark over the fact that the now-former director general was asked to resign

Wed, 28 Jun, 2023

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy

Taoiseach: Not 'credible' that only Dee Forbes knew about payments to Tubridy

TDs and Senators are due to question seven RTÉ officials this afternoon at the Oireachtas Media Committee over the hidden payment of €345,000 to Mr Tubridy between 2017 and 2022.

Wed, 28 Jun, 2023

RTÉ New Season Launch

RTÉ says Dee Forbes signed off on payments to Ryan Tubridy

The statement said Ryan Tubridy's payments were negotiated by “the director general and the then chief financial officer supported by the RTÉ solicitor and approved by the director general”

Tue, 27 Jun, 2023