Simon Harris: Decision to suspend hiring €240k Fair City photographer the right one

'When I entered politics, I never thought I’d be asked about photographs on the set of Fair City'

RTÉ had tendered for a photographer to work a 20-hour week over three days, for 50 weeks each year, to produce a minimum of 16 still images for Fair City.

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris says that RTÉ made the right decision to suspend plans to hire a photographer for Fair City.

The Irish Examiner first revealed that the public broadcaster was to spend €240,000 retaining a professional photographer to capture still images of the soap while in production.