Montrose rebuild ‘essential to secure future of RTÉ’

A MAJOR building programme at its Dublin headquarters is essential if RTÉ is to maintain its position as the national broadcaster into the digital age, director general Cathal Goan told a Bord Pleanála hearing yesterday.

Mr Goan was addressing a planning inquiry into RTÉ’s €350 million Project 2025, that involves the rebuilding of most of its landmark radio, television, production and broadcasting facilities over a 10-year period.

He told the hearing the national broadcaster held “a unique place in Irish life” but could no longer “re-engineer or add to its existing facilities on site”.