Gifts over €50 made to RTÉ staff to be recorded on register of interests

Any gift over €100 is 'declared and becomes the property of RTÉ'. Picture: Denis Minihane

RTÉ is to clamp down on gifts for its employees as two well-flagged registers of interest are set to formally go live for its staff.

In a message to staff, director general Kevin Bakhurst said the broadcaster was launching “formalised systems” to officially record gifts and conflicts of interest.