Brendan Griffin: What does RTÉ stand for?

The additional documents and evidence requested from RTÉ by the Oireachtas Committee to try to piece together what has been going on at our national broadcaster could make for shocking reading, writes Brendan Griffin

(Left to right) RTÉ Director of Legal Affairs Paula Mullooly, RTÉ Interim Deputy Director General Adrian Lynch, Strategy Director Rory Coveney, RTÉ Commercial Director Geraldine O'Leary, Chief Financial Officer Richard Collins and former Chairperson of the RTÉ board Moya Doherty leaving the Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media at Leinster House on Thursday.

Late on Thursday night when I returned home from the Dáil, my eight-year-old asked me: "Daddy, does RTÉ stand for Ryan Tubridy’s Euros?"

I told him: "No, buddy, it doesn’t." to which he replied: "But, Daddy, what does RTÉ stand for?"