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Matt Cooper: After the Tubridy pay debacle, RTÉ bosses now face a grilling over GAAGO

RTÉ will be under pressure at the Oireachtas committee hearings this week to disclose what it pays and what it makes from its joint venture with the GAA

Kerry’s David Clifford in action against Cork: many people have been denied the opportunity to watch Clifford’s genius enough times on TV this year. Picture: Inpho

There’s a constituency of RTÉ licence holders who regard another matter involving the station as seriously as anything to do with Ryan Tubridy. It involves those GAA fans who are up in arms about the GAAGO streaming service, one which is needed to view 38 inter-county games in the Championships from the comfort of the home.

For those not familiar with the situation: RTÉ is a joint venture partner with the GAA in the operation ...