RTÉ Payments Scandal

Additional barter accounts uncovered at RTÉ

Further details of the accounts are to be revealed today

On Tuesday evening the broadcaster said: “RTÉ will provide comment and context regarding these barter accounts at tomorrow’s joint Oireachtas committee meeting.” Picture: Niall Carsons/PA

RTÉ has acknowledged the existence of further barter accounts, after controversy emerged over undisclosed payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy through such a system.

It comes as the government announced two reviews as part of an independent “root and branch examination” of the organisation.

RTÉ has been engulfed in crisis following revelations last month that it underreported the salary paid to Tubridy and failed to disclose €345,000-worth of additional payments to him between 2017 to ...