RTÉ's register of commercial activities for news staff to go live next month

Participation with the registers is mandatory, Kevin Bakhurst said. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

A new register of commercial activities for RTÉ news personnel engaged in work outside the organisation will go live from the beginning of February, according to director general Kevin Bakhurst.

Mr Bakhurst wrote to the entire RTÉ organisation by email on Wednesday afternoon to inform staff that the long-awaited register of external activities will go live from February 1.