Government may pump more money into RTE to save broadcaster

The Government is now open to pumping even more money into RTE to keep the national broadcaster afloat. Asked directly if he would be willing to increase funding to RTE, Leo Varadkar said: "Yes. But obviously, the amount of the time is the matter for discussion."

RTE is to make €60m in savings over the next three years through a number of measures including pay freezes and 200 redundancies. Mr Varadkar said: