Tubridy should appear before committee over payments – Taoiseach

RTÉ has been engulfed in crisis after it was revealed last week that it had under-reported Tubridy’s salary by a total of €345,000 over the period 2017 to 2022. Picture: Andres Poveda

Former Late Late Show presenter Ryan Tubridy should be willing to appear before an Oireachtas committee to answer questions about undeclared payments made to him by RTÉ, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Mr Varadkar also said he would like to see Dee Forbes, who resigned as director-general of the broadcaster shortly after the payments controversy was made public, tell her side of the story at committee.