Mick Clifford: Vulgar is the most benign term for RTÉ's extravagant flip-flopping 

At this late stage of the game, there can be a temptation to gape and recoil at some of the revelations emerging from RTÉ

Those in management positions taking the proverbial when it comes to spending other people’s money is nothing new. We have seen it in semi-states and charities. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Anyone for the last few flip-flops? At this late stage of the game, there can be a temptation to simply gape and recoil at some of the revelations emerging from RTÉ. Ahead of the Oireachtas media committee hearing, there was further detail on some of the excessive spending among the gilded few who occupied the upper echelons of the company. 

Who the hell spends five grand on flip flops for a Summer party? Or €2,000 on balloons? Were they running a station or presiding over an empire?