It’s been another awful week for the national broadcaster

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Media Minister Catherine Martin arrives to speak at a press conference outside the Government Buildings in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Media Minister Catherine Martin arrives to speak at a press conference outside the Government Buildings in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

It’s been another awful week for the national broadcaster. Last Friday, RTÉ board chairwoman Siún Ní Raghallaigh resigned after her position was undermined by Minister for Media Catherine Martin live on television.

RTÉ's board reacted with anger following what is being viewed politically as the forced resignation Ms Ní Raghallaigh, which came amid a deepening row over big exit payouts for departing executives.

Today, members of the Public Accounts Committee will meet to finalise a 70-page report on recent revelations around events in RTÉ. And this evening, Ms Martin is due to appear before the Oireachtas media committee to answer questions about her comments on RTÉ's Prime Time.

But how did we reach this point and what does it mean for the efforts to fix the stricken broadcaster?

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Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak is an Irish Times reporter specialising in immigration issues and cohost of the In the News podcast