No wage cap for RTÉ top earners

TOP-PAID RTÉ staff will not be subject to the €250,000 pay cap for public service and semi-state workers announced in the budget, the Department of Communications confirmed.

Fianna Fáil TDs and ministers hit out at RTÉ’s top earners yesterday in what was seen as an attempt to distract from savage cuts to social welfare voted through the Dáil last night.

Speaking ahead of the vote that gave legal effect to the cuts, Minister for Social Protection, Eamon Ó Cuív, said RTÉ presenters were being paid “horrendous salaries”.