Government only fully informed of RTÉ cuts after media leaks, Minister claims

"RTÉ were not expecting to have to deal with this issue today, it is my understanding"

Thu, 07 Nov, 2019 - 13:45

Elaine Loughlin

The Minister for Communications was only informed of RTE's plans to make €60m in cuts after it was leaked to the media.

While the Government "would have had an idea of the approach that was coming forward" Tánaiste Simon Coveney told the Dáil that Richard Bruton only received the final restructuring report on Thursday morning.

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