RTÉ in Crisis
Analysis: Government fears of public backlash at licence fee reform are only growing
The events of recent weeks have dulled the political appetite for making any controversial decisions on the broadcaster future funding arrangements
As the RTÉ crisis hurtled into a bruising new phase last week, the ultimate question of the broadcaster’s future funding model hung heavy in the air.
With the public mood worsening, there are growing concerns in cabinet about moving too quickly on the future funding model, as they risk irritating an already angry electorate in an election year.
There is a fast emerging view that a root and branch reform of RTÉ’s governance structures might ...
