RTÉ staff expect to meet chiefs on deficit

Staff at RTÉ say they expect to meet with management to discuss methods of plugging a €50m deficit in its finances.

RTÉ has come under pressure to break even by the start of 2013 after Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte told the Dáil this week the €50m deficit was “an unconscionable sum”.

Yesterday, National Union of Journalists’ representative Mary Curtin said staff would wait for management to bring forward plans for cutting costs and that staff would also put forward proposals.