RTÉ payment scandal deepens as media minister summons Kevin Bakhurst to urgent meeting

Media minister Patrick O’Donovan said he would call in senior RTÉ officials including director general Kevin Bakhurst, above, and chairman Terence O'Rourke. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Media minister Patrick O’Donovan will haul RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst and other executives to a meeting on Tuesday as the national broadcaster finds itself embroiled in yet another payment scandal.

In a scathing interview, the Fine Gael minister said that it was “Groundhog Day” as he warned that RTÉ risks losing public confidence for the second time in less than three years.