RTÉ in Crisis

Coalition fully behind Catherine Martin, says Paschal Donohoe

Media minister will be grilled by the media committee following the resignation of the RTÉ chair

Paschal Donohoe, minister for public expenditure: ‘I absolutely support minister Martin. Minister Martin, in my time working with her in recent years, has firstly been a great champion for RTÉ and a great champion for the importance of public service broadcasting.’ Picture: PA

Government party leaders are fully behind Catherine Martin, the media minister, and her handling of the latest RTÉ scandal, the minister for public expenditure has said.

Martin will on Tuesday face an Oireachtas committee to answer questions on the resignation of Siún Ní Raghallaigh, the chairwoman of the RTÉ board.

Ní Raghallaigh resigned some hours after Martin refused to express confidence in her as head of the RTÉ board during an interview on Prime Time.