RTÉ staff 'are right' to fear for jobs, says veteran broadcaster Ciarán Mullooly

'I think staff inside [RTÉ] now are worried the chances of getting a licence fee increase are gone and will never return after this,' said RTÉ's former midlands correspondent Ciaran Mullooly. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

Staff at RTÉ fear for their jobs in the fallout over the Ryan Tubridy secret payments scandal. 

A number of staff who did not want to be named told the Irish Examiner they fear an increasing number of people will stop paying the €160 annual TV licence fee and the Government will cut additional funding for the broadcaster.