RTÉ stands over university spending probe

RTÉ is standing over an investigation on spending and governance at third-level colleges as it prepares responses to complaints from two universities.

University College Cork and NUI Galway have submitted complaints over its May 25 RTÉ Investigates programme, Universities Unchallenged.

The programme detailed a range of issues at various colleges, including severance packages at University Limerick to former managers and how it handled two whistleblowers’ allegations about expenses.