Grant Thornton report expected to back Ryan Tubridy over €120k loyalty bonus

Screenshot taken from Oireachtas TV of RTE's star presenter Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly being questioned at the Joint Committee of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media in July. Photo: Oireachtas Tv

A Grant Thornton report into payments to RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy will back his claim that he waived a €120,000 loyalty bonus to which he was entitled at the end of his contract.

The presenter told an Oireachtas Committee hearing in July that he waived his entitlement to the payment but because of how RTÉ reported that decision in its accounts, the narrative became that he had taken the money and hidden it, which he said was not true.