Planning

Director general of RTÉ called city council chief over planning decision

Dee Forbes contacted Owen Keegan following Dublin City Council recommendation to mostly retain protected status of Montrose buildings

Dee Forbes, director general of RTÉ, ‘expressed disappointment’ with the council’s recommendation. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Dee Forbes, RTÉ’s director general, privately contacted the chief executive of Dublin City Council on behalf of the broadcaster over the future of several historic buildings at its Montrose campus.

Following a decision by the local authority in April to retain protection of five structures on the site, including RTÉ’s television building and radio building, Forbes called Owen Keegan, the council’s chief executive.

According to a note written by Keegan detailing the conversation, released under ...