Cianan Brennan: Arrogance and unchecked daft decisions laid RTÉ low

Rank-and-file RTÉ staff are pawns on a political chessboard in fight for broadcaster's survival

RTE Director General Kevin Bakhurst leaves his office at RTE Headquarters at Donnybrook in Dublin to a town hall meeting with staff at the RTE campus about plans to make cost-saving measures at the organisation, including redundancies. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

The leaking of RTÉ’s ‘strategic plan’ for its own survival is emblematic of the ineptitude, self-absorption and hubris which have been the hallmarks of this entirely self-inflicted scandal.

True, RTÉ has been in need of a cash injection for years. Its now departed director general Dee Forbes regularly told the Oireachtas so, in the relatively golden times before the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal brought the broadcaster to its knees.