Gareth O'Callaghan: Ryan Tubridy didn’t kill RTÉ’s credibility — but someone did

RTÉ’s handling of the Tubridy scandal exposed deep flaws in leadership, governance, and public service broadcasting accountability

Ryan Tubridy now lives in London, recently got engaged, and carving out a career for himself in radio, having been left with little choice but to leave the country, censured as the poster boy of a scandal he didn’t cause. File photo

“Until someone is prepared to lay out the systemic problem, we will simply go through cycles of finding corruption, finding a scapegoat, eliminating the scapegoat, and relaxing until we find the next scandal.” 

I’m not a fan of American politician Newt Gingrich; but as I read these words of his, I’m reminded of where I was this week two years ago when Ryan Tubridy’s stellar career as Ireland’s leading broadcaster started to come apart in what was a bolt out of the blue.