RTÉ executives face second day of intense questioning over Tubridy payments scandal

RTE board members and executives (left to right) CFO Richard Collins, staff representative to the board Robert Shortt, RTE interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch, RTE Chairperson of the board Siún Ní Raghallaigh, strategy director Rory Coveney , board member Anne O'Leary and RTE commercial director Geraldine O'Leary leave Leinster House. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

RTÉ executives face a second day of intense questioning amid fresh revelations that Dee Forbes' resignation was sought the week before the Ryan Tubridy secret payments scandal was made public.

Pressure is mounting on the chairwoman of the RTÉ board, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, after she revealed that Media Minister Catherine Martin was kept in the dark about the fact Ms Forbes had been asked to quit.