‘Loss of NSO control would weaken RTÉ role in society’

Unions at RTÉ have warned the broadcaster’s board that if the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is taken from its control, it will “be undermining its own strength and place in Irish society”.

An independent report on the future of RTÉ’s two orchestras, the Concert Orchestra and the NSO, said the broadcaster should retain the former.

However, the report by former director of BBC Radio, Helen Boaden, recommends that the NSO should be established either as a national cultural institution in its own right or as part of the National Concert Hall and funded by the Government.