Public service broadcasting - RTÉ might change but it must survive

After a weekend when Dublin’s footballers, men and women, underlined in a most impressive but daunting way what happens when resources come together in an unprecedented way, it is important to be aware of developments that encourage unbalanced development and a concentration of services or platforms that diminishes one region at the expense of another.

RTÉ’s ongoing financial difficulties may feed that draining equation. It has been suggested that RTÉ’s studio in Cork might be sold off. Property experts say the building could fetch €1.5m — just enough to pay Ryan Tubridy for three years or RTÉ’s top three earners for just one year.