A €360 MILLION redevelopment of the RTÉ Montrose site will be funded mainly through borrowing and the rental of offices and residences at the broadcasting hub.

RTÉ today announced plans to revamp its landmark Donnybrook site to keep up with the digital age.

VIEWERS face the prospect of paying more for their TV licence to help offset potential losses of €68 million at RTE.

Veteran broadcaster Rodney Rice is to retire tomorrow after presenting his final 'Saturday View', one of the country’s longest running radio shows.

UP to 100 staff have written to RTÉ opposing the introduction of pay cuts of up to 12.5% as part of an effort to recoup a predicted €68m in losses this year.

RTÉ is seeking an increase in the TV licence fee, despite predictions by the station’s management that it will break even financially this year.

RTÉ has denied reports that it will go bust in October if staff reject pay cuts of up to 12.5%.

UNDER-ESTIMATING the difficulty of a situation seems to be our new national sport; denial has become the new black.

ROSS CARR last night named his starting line-up for tomorrow’s Ulster SFC clash with Fermanagh in Enniskillen.

A GREEN Party TD has criticised Fianna Fáil for calling on RTÉ director-general Cathal Goan to consider resigning after the Brian Cowen portrait controversy.

THE paintings of Brian Cowen were, at the very latest, completed some time in January, judging by an email to the Ray D’Arcy Show on Today FM on the 19th of that month.

RTÉ was forced to apologise to Brian Cowen last night over a news broadcast concerning nude portraits of the Taoiseach mysteriously hung in two Dublin galleries.

IT’S the end of an era — Monday nights will never be the same again for the country’s news junkies and political anoraks.

RTÉ has warned staff that compulsory redundancies cannot be ruled out as the national broadcaster admitted it is facing losses of €68 million this year.

THERE’S life in the old dogs yet. Another All-Ireland quarter-final weekend rolls along with Armagh in the mix and the obits of early 2008 seem a tad premature these days, what with Peter McDonnell’s side still doing what needs to be done and Stevie McDonnell still the bane of corner-backs pretty much everywhere.

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SENIOR RTÉ managers have admitted unease that the Late Late Show allowed columnist Eoghan Harris to glorify Taoiseach Bertie Ahern a week before last year’s general election.

RTÉ is working on plans for a catch-up channel to let viewers see favourite programmes after their scheduled broadcast time.

RTÉ’s director general yesterday said he stood over the contentious allegation made by the High Society documentary that a politician admitted snorting cocaine.

A HIGH-LEVEL internal report in RTÉ has found there were “shortcomings” in the station’s approach to the controversial series on cocaine use among the middle classes.

Annual reports show that few semi-State bosses got major wage rises, writes Ian Guider.

RTÉ’s top executive today ruled out forcing the station’s top presenters to declare their interests just like TDs and senators.

RTÉ IS set to announce a surplus of €7 million when it publishes its annual report for 2004 today.

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RTÉ’s strategy of producing quality Irish-produced programmes resulted in a strong recovery in its finances and an increase in audience share, its director general said yesterday.

RTÉ spent over €60 million on news and current affairs last year, it emerged yesterday, as the station posted a surplus for the first time in four years on the back of the €43 licence fee increase in late 2002.

The decision on whether to continue with the Cabin Fever voyage will be taken by the contestants themselves, it was revealed today.