Catherine Murphy: There must be a reckoning for RTÉ's monstrous deception

Who signed off on Ryan Tubridy's deal, and kept it secret? Not just for one year, but over five separate years.

RTÉ director general Dee Forbes with presenter Ryan Tubridy last year. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

When RTÉ director general Dee Forbes was last before the Public Accounts Committee, in January 2022, she made a prescient statement: “First, with regard to RTÉ’s financial statements, 2020 was a transformational year.”

At the time, the members of the PAC did not understand just how transformational.