RTE in Crisis

Dáil spending watchdog demands 31 additional documents from RTÉ ahead of meeting with Ryan Tubridy and agent

PAC met in private session on Thursday to agree parameters of show-down with presenter and agent Noel Kelly

Ryan Tubridy: Former Late Late host and agent Noel Kelly to face PAC grilling on Tuesday. Picture: Andres Poveda

The Public Accounts Committee has demanded 31 additional documents from RTÉ ahead of its hearing with presenter Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly on Tuesday.

The pair have agreed to go before both the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Oireachtas media committee to clarify their role secret payments scandal at the broadcaster.

The Dáil’s spending watchdog met in a private session on Thursday to agree the parameters of the much-anticipated hearing. The Business Post has learned that committee members are expecting to receive a trawl of documents on Monday in advance of the session in a bid to help their questioning.