Opinion

Neil Keenan: Switching over –how the corporate governance failures at RTÉ can be fixed

Montrose must scrap its two-board structure and introduce a good mix of executive and non-executive directors as it begins its road to redemption

Kevin Bakhurst, director general of RTÉ: like other State and publicly funded bodies, the broadcaster is subject to a governance code which says it ‘should act prudently, ethically and with transparency’. Picture: Fergal Phillips

One story has dominated the Irish media landscape over the last few weeks and it is the revelations in relation to our state broadcaster RTÉ which it is fair to say have surprised us all as taxpayers and television licence payers. While we are relying on the information that is in the public domain and the disclosures to the two Dáil committees investigating the matter, what has been disclosed would seem to be a failure ...