Paul Hosford: RTÉ needs to remember its own ethos

The scandal around RTÉ began around the payments to one man, and is now a question about the future of public broadcasting in Ireland

RTÉ has for many decades straddled that line between being commercial and public successfully, but after watching nearly 15 hours of Oireachtas committees in the last week, it is clear that this is what is causing friction between what RTÉ is and what some want it to be. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

I was 18 the first time when I stepped into a real radio studio.

Having started a radio production course in college, a friend alerted me that he was volunteering with the local community radio station, Phoenix FM.