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‘Shock’ at emergency RTÉ meeting as director general selection is stalled amid board backlash

Board members questioned decision to rule out An Post chief executive David McRedmond, with next director general described as the ‘most important in the history of RTÉ’

Kevin Bakhurst (left) was set to replace current RTÉ director general Dee Forbes (centre) but his appointment has been stalled, while David McRedmond (right) is out of the running

The national broadcaster RTÉ is in crisis this weekend after “shocked” board members pushed back on plans to name Dee Forbes’s successor as director general (DG) at an emergency meeting on Friday.

Amid a board backlash, the RTÉ chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh stalled a vote on preferred candidate Kevin Bakhurst, who was the number two at Montrose up to 2016.

The Business Post can reveal that Bakhurst’s appointment was effectively derailed after board members called ...