'Premium paid' RTÉ presenters displayed 'blatant disregard for human health', say complainants

RTÉ presenters Bryan Dobson, Miriam O'Callaghan, David McCullagh;  the State broadcaster received 247 complaints from the public after the broadcasters failed to observe social distancing at a retirement event last month.

RTÉ presenters who breached Covid-19 public health guidelines when attending a retirement event for a work colleague at the station last month were described by one nurse as “premium paid employees” who displayed “a blatant disregard for human health”.

Some of the country’s best-known broadcasters were roundly criticised by members of the public, including several healthcare workers, over their failure to observe social distancing while posing for photos at a gathering in the reception area of the TV centre at Montrose on November 12.