Designed to deceive: RTÉ reeling after revelations of secret payments, a ‘slush fund’ and cover-up

If RTÉ’s executives started the week thinking they were dealing with a controversy over secret payments to a star, they must now know they are in the midst of a scandal that could determine the future shape of the national broadcaster.

RTÉ’s board members are struggling to get out from under a story that goes well beyond previously unrevealed payments to Ryan Tubridy and onto more fundamental matters of governance, such as why the national ...