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RTÉ

RTE in Crisis

Consumer trust in RTÉ brand plummets following Tubridy pay scandal

The annual Customer Experience Report also found Irish consumers have very low levels of trust in Ticketmaster and Fastway
  • Emmet Ryan
  • October 3, 2023
RTÉ

RTÉ refuses to give contract details of three senior executives to powerful Dáil committee

Brian Stanley said the broadcaster had not given the committee details it sought for Dee Forbes, Geraldine O’Leary and Breda O’Keeffe
  • Gráinne Ní Aodha
  • September 22, 2023

Simply Better
Back to School

Delicious recipes by Neven Maguire

RTÉ Payments Scandal

RTÉ to fill commercial director vacancy despite hiring freeze

Broadcaster says recruitment pause will not impact the hiring process for roles already at interview stage
  • Killian Woods
  • September 21, 2023
Media

Patrick Kielty’s Late Late debut attracted audience of almost 1m

A peak of 934,000 people tuned in live to watch the latest season opener
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • September 18, 2023
Media

RTÉ retracts €240k contract for Fair City photographer

RTÉ DG says broadcaster could not commit to four-year deal amid 'uncertainty over interim funding’
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • September 17, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

RTÉ’s problems run far deeper than taxis, flip flops and Tubridy

New documents reveal misuse of taxi vouchers, lack of oversight of staff credit cards and corporate governance problems – but the big questions being aimed at the national broadcaster are about its budget
  • Killian Woods
  • September 17, 2023
Media

RTÉ cuts deal with Permanent TSB to replace Renault as Late Late Show sponsor

The Renault sponsorship became embroiled in the broadcaster’s payments scandal due to an agreement with Ryan Tubridy
  • Aaron Rogan
  • September 15, 2023
Politics

Mary Lou McDonald: direct exchequer funding for RTÉ should replace the licence fee

The Sinn Féinn leader also defended the Taoiseach’s position on a united Ireland
  • Emmet Ryan
  • September 15, 2023
Housing

RTÉ Montrose campus not worth €300 million touted price tag ‘to any degree’, Glenveagh chief Stephen Garvey warns

Stephen Garvey, the chief executive at Glenveagh, said it was unlikely the housebuilder would be interested in purchasing the site if it came up for sale
  • Killian Woods
  • September 14, 2023
RTÉ

RTÉ confirms €240,000 Fair City photographer contract despite hiring freeze

The €60,000 a year role has been advertised despite RTÉ announcing a hiring freeze on Wednesday
  • Emmet Ryan
  • September 14, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

RTÉ is not at risk of going bankrupt, says director general Kevin Bakhurst

National broadcaster announces a recruitment freeze until the end of the year
  • Killian Woods
  • September 13, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

Bakhurst announces RTÉ recruitment freeze and stop on discretionary spending

The RTÉ director general wrote to staff this morning ahead of an appearance before the Oireachtas media committee
  • Killian Woods
  • September 13, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

RTÉ review finds ‘unsatisfactory’ processing of €900,000 in lump sum payments

Internal audits have been released by RTÉ ahead of the Oireachtas media committee hearing on Wednesday
  • Killian Woods
  • September 13, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

RTÉ staff failed to get prior approval for €5 million worth of purchases

The national broadcaster conducts internal reviews of staff compliance with procurement and purchasing on a regular basis
  • Killian Woods
  • September 13, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

RTÉ paid €4 million in allowances to staff last year

Documents also reveal that the broadcaster did not use Soho House, an exclusive club in London, for meetings and it was instead used for accommodation by RTÉ staff
  • Killian Woods
  • September 12, 2023
RTÉ

I’d love to have Tubridy on as Late Late guest, says Kielty

But the Co Down comedian says the RTÉ payments scandal is only background noise as he prepares to host his first show
  • Catherine Sanz
  • September 10, 2023
RTÉ in Crisis

No €35m bailout for RTÉ without major reforms says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

Taoiseach has confidence in Montrose board and new Director General Kevin Bakhurst
  • Daniel McConnelland
  • Gráinne Ní Aodha
  • September 7, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

Toy Show the Musical drove €2.7m losses at RTÉ in 2022

Broadcaster published 2022 annual report, which was signed off on two days before secret payments scandal broke
  • Killian Woods
  • September 6, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

Catherine Martin briefs cabinet on scale of RTÉ bailout as TV licence set to take €21m hit

The government has accepted that it will have to provide emergency funding of at least €15 million to €20 million for RTÉ in the forthcoming budget
  • Michael Brennanand
  • Cónal Thomas
  • September 6, 2023
Media

Sharon Tobin announced as permanent RTÉ Six One News co-anchor

Separately, Ray Kennedy has been appointed as permanent presenter to the Nine O’Clock news
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • September 4, 2023

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