Some RTÉ payments may have been 'on the wrong side of the law', says Varadkar

Varadkar, speaking in Brussels, said that he did not want to assume that anything illegal had occurred at RTÉ, but said that it is possible. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Taoiseach has said he cannot rule out the possibility that some payments at RTÉ were "on the wrong side of the law" but stopped short of calling for a Garda investigation at the broadcaster.

Questions were raised about the use of the barter account at RTÉ for the entertainment of corporate clients after two marathon sessions with Oireachtas committees.