Dee Forbes was asked to resign a week before RTÉ scandal broke, committee hears

Members of the NUJ union protesting outside RTÉ in Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

The chair of RTÉ’s board has revealed she asked its director general to quit almost a week before the scandal about misreported payments became public.

Siún Ní Raghallaigh made the disclosure as she joined fellow board members and several RTÉ executives at a parliamentary committee hearing in Dublin to face more than four hours of questioning on the furore that has engulfed Ireland’s national broadcaster.