RTE in Crisis
Behind the scenes: The short life and slow death of the doomed Toy Show musical
Lack of transparency, communication and ticket sales fuelled the downfall of the €2.2 million loss making project
A damning report into Toy Show the Musical has found that the recording of the show's sponsorship money was "not in line with generally accepted accounting practices" and that the board of RTÉ at the time should have been far more rigorous in its scrutiny over the failed enterprise.
However, the long-awaited review also charts the conception and demise of the failed production and mapped out how a lack of transparency and external scrutiny fuelled ...