RTÉ Payments Scandal

No written record of RTÉ board approval for ‘Toy Show the Musical’

The musical flopped badly, filling just 41 per cent of capacity at the National Convention Centre and making a loss of €2.2 million

The review by Grant Thornton into the flop stage show, Toy Show the Musical, which racked up losses of €2.2 million, was commissioned by the board of RTÉ in the wake of the secret payments scandal last June. Picture: Andres Poveda

No written record exists of the RTÉ board granting its approval for the disastrous ‘Toy Show the Musical’ endeavour, a damning report is expected to find.

The review by Grant Thornton into the flop stage show, which racked up losses of €2.2 million, was commissioned by the board of RTÉ in the wake of the secret payments scandal last June.

The report, which is due to be published on Thursday and which has been submitted ...