Gareth O'Callaghan: RTÉ needs to lose Jekyll and Hyde persona over its finances
Salaries must be reduced and capped to be brought in line with the commercial sector. No one in broadcasting should be paid more money than a surgeon, writes Gareth O'Callaghan.
“As a community, we are living away beyond our means. I don’t mean that everyone in the community is living too well, clearly many are not and have barely enough to get by...”
Taoiseach Charles J Haughey opened his State of the Nation address on RTÉ television in 1980 with these words. Back then, Ireland was a depressing hovel, with skyscraping unemployment numbers and massive emigration.
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