RTÉ offers to release details of Noel Kelly memo to PAC provided it is not published

RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has written to the PAC concerning an RTÉ solicitor’s memo. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

RTÉ has offered a compromise to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) regarding a disputed note it has refused to release, one which would involve the PAC agreeing not to discuss the note’s contents in public.

The broadcaster’s director general Kevin Bakhurst has written to the committee concerning an RTÉ solicitor’s memo drafted regarding a Teams meeting between former director general Dee Forbes and agent Noel Kelly. The meeting, on May 7, 2020, saw the infamous deal rubberstamped which resulted in presenter Ryan Tubridy being paid €225,000 via hidden cash transfers.