Unions at RTÉ have warned the broadcaster’s board that if the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is taken from its control, it will “be undermining its own strength and place in Irish society”.

Staff at RTÉ have demanded that the national broadcaster reverse its decision to stop producing its own young people’s programmes.

A man who drove a car into the reception doors at RTÉ studios, causing €14,000 damage, has been given a two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court and ordered to stay away from RTÉ employees.