TV licence funding model 'fundamentally broken', warns head of RTÉ board

Chair of RTÉ board Moya Doherty: 'The importance of public service media has become crystal clear during this period of unprecedented disruption over these last two years'. File picture: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

The RTÉ TV licence fee funding model is “fundamentally broken”, the chair of the national broadcaster’s board has said.

Echoing sentiments she and other RTÉ chiefs have expressed in recent years, Moya Doherty said Ireland was unable to sustain quality and diverse media as a result.