Bakhurst says RTÉ ending 2023 in ‘reasonable place’ after financial scandal

RTÉ director-general Kevin Bakhurst (Niall Carson/PA)

RTÉ’s director-general is “very grateful” for an apparent improvement in licence fee payments as the organisation awaits the provision of up to €40m in emergency funding from the Government.

Kevin Bakhurst stepped into the role in July after the Irish national broadcaster became engulfed in a scandal emerging from undisclosed payments and commercial arrangements involving former star presenter Ryan Tubridy.