RTE in Crisis

NUJ: Leaking of RTÉ cost-cutting plan ‘disrespectful’ and a ‘breach of trust’

The broadcaster has proposed a staff reduction plan which is expected to impact up to 400 people at RTÉ

Seamus Dooley, Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), said the union would hold RTÉ to its commitment that there would be no compulsory redundancies. Picture: Niall Carson

Seamus Dooley, Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), has hit out at the leaking of a major cost cost-cutting plan at RTÉ branding it a “breach of trust”.

Any plan to cut RTÉ’s headcount by 400 staff would be also “very ambitious”, he added.

RTÉ will tomorrow publish a “strategic vision” document, which is expected to outline staff cuts, the sale of land in Donnybrook and expansion of RTÉ’s footprint outside of ...