Dion Fanning: In a reformed RTÉ, is there a role for GAAGO?

This weekend at Croke Park we will see RTE's split personalities: by day a mild-mannered public service broadcaster; by night, a rapacious commercial operator maximising revenue at every opportunity

MIC'D UP: GAAGO will be broadcasting two of this weekend's quarter-finals. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The question ‘What is RTÉ for?’ would provoke very different answers this week than if it had been asked ten days ago.

At a certain point during their appearance at the Public Accounts Committee, one of the RTÉ executives started muttering ‘truth matters’ as they promised to provide all the information possible to satisfy a questioner.