RTÉ sold €6.3m of advertising through barter account in return for only €3.1m in cash — report

RTÉ sold €6.3m of advertising through barter account in return for only €3.1m in cash — report

RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst and RTÉ Chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh following a meeting with Communications Minister Catherine Martin today. The report said that it had 'not identified any benefit to RTÉ' in its usage of the barter account. Photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

RTÉ sold advertising via its controversial barter account worth just under €6.3m between 2017 and 2022, but received just €3.1m in cash in return for that business, a new report has revealed.

The barter account which RTÉ used routinely for entertaining staff and clients, meanwhile, was operated on a no-signature basis, according to the new report into the RTÉ payments scandal.

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