RTÉ Payments Scandal

RTÉ board members ‘raised concerns’ over approving 2022 accounts due to Tubridy payments probe

New records show members of the board wanted approval for broadcaster’s annual report just one month before financial crisis hit

Adrian Lynch, RTÉ deputy director general, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, RTÉ Board chair and Kevin Bakhurst, RTÉ director general. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Two RTÉ board members "raised concerns" about proposals to sign off on the broadcaster’s 2022 financial accounts while an investigation into secret payments made to Ryan Tubridy was ongoing, new board meeting minutes have shown.

In May, the month prior to revelations of secret payments to presenter Ryan Tubridy between 2017 and 2022, records show that the board discussed an internal audit of the organisation.

The board found the broadcaster was “broadly compliant” with the ...