Former commercial director says politicians are part of the problem at RTÉ

RTE board members and executives leaving the Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media at Leinster House, Dublin, on the controversy around Ryan Tubridy's misreported salary payments. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Former RTÉ commercial director Willie O'Reilly said politicians are contributing to the challenges faced by the station by failing to address the issue of funding public service broadcasting.

In an interview with RTÉ radio's Morning Ireland, Mr O'Reilly stated that Kevin Bakhurst, the incoming director general of RTÉ, was facing “an appalling vista” as generating funds to finance content was becoming even more difficult.