Podge and Rodge get their dirty hands on Fás ads

MOVE aside Miriam O’Callaghan, stand down Sean O’Rourke and forget The Frontline.

While a series of current affairs heavyweights may come to mind when thought turns to breaking news, last night it was a far less likely source which produced the final twist in one of the stories of the year.

In a rare scoop for RTÉ’s often ridiculed Podge and Rodge’s Stickit Inn show, the all-too-blue programme gave further reason for the public’s Fás red mist by revealing the details of the employment agency’s four TV advertisements which cost €600,000 despite never being broadcast.