Exit package for RTÉ financial officer did not comply with redundancy scheme

The exit package for RTÉ former chief financial officer Breda O'Keeffe was approved solely by former director general Dee Forbes.

An exit package for former RTÉ chief financial officer Breda O’Keeffe, believed to be worth €400k, did not comply with the broadcaster's redundancy scheme and was instead approved by former director general Dee Forbes.

RTÉ's current director general Kevin Bakhurst confirmed Ms Forbes signed off on the exit package as a new report on the 2017 and 2021 redundancy schemes found that Ms O’Keeffe’s exit from the broadcaster was the only one of 177 redundancies that was not approved by RTÉ’s executive board.