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Noel Kelly: Under-declaration of payments to Ryan Tubridy ‘entirely a mess of RTÉ’s own making’

The agent has blamed RTÉ for its part in the scandal and claimed that previous information given to politicians was incorrect

Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly are due to speak in front of two Oireachtas Committees today

Noel Kelly, the agent that represents Ryan Tubridy, is expected to tell an Oireachtas Committee that the under-declaration of payments to Tubridy was “entirely a mess of RTE’s own making”.

This is according to his opening remarks to the Public Accounts Committee and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Media.

“This issue has caused a lot of distress,” Kelly will tell the committees.

“Ryan’s 2015 contract clearly states the fees he was to receive in each ...