RTÉ suffers further drop in TV licence fee revenues of almost €1m in wake of Tubridy scandal

The August shortfall comes on top of the €2.7m loss in licence fee revenues in July. Stock picture: Luciana Guerra/PA

RTÉ has suffered another sharp drop in licence fee revenue of almost €1m as fewer people pay the fee in the wake of the payments scandal at the national broadcaster.

The Department of Media confirmed TV licence sales for the first week in August were 9,361 — in comparison to 15,030 in the same period last year.