RTÉ clear to carry out voluntary redundancy plan to cut costs

As part of its five-year strategy, RTÉ had said the redundancies would mean 'reduced overheads on a smaller physical footprint' in its Donnybrook campus. File Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

The Government has given the green light to RTÉ to press ahead with its voluntary redundancy plan aimed at cutting costs at the broadcaster.

In an email to staff on Thursday, RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst said the redundancy programme would be launched “in full as soon as we are in a position to do so”, and that this is a key milestone as it aims to implement its new five-year strategy.