Stories relating to the controversy surrounding hidden payments to the RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy
The woman who leads Ireland’s largest newsroom on disinformation, the ‘digital election’ and RTÉ’s new Clarity mark: 'you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.'
Kelly became a household name during 2023’s RTÉ payments controversy
Loss from abandoned €7m computer project could have a knock-on effect on cultural organisations
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Chair of board Terence O’Rourke says 2023 was ‘a difficult and damaging year’ for broadcaster
Former RTÉ chairwoman on ‘vicious’ Dáil hearings, a missed opportunity to fund the national broadcaster and life after being in the public glare of the Montrose psychodrama
Rory McIlroy and John Bishop among guests on first episode of autumn season
As he prepares to publish his fifth novel, a low-key Norton reflects on fame, growing up in west Cork and the Ryan Tubridy debate
Broadcaster set aside €21.7m to meet PRSI liabilities from bogus self-employment in the organisation, records show
A total of 450,000 licences were bought in the first seven months of the year, 14% down on the figures for 2022.
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Chairman Terence O’Rourke described 2003 as a ‘difficult and damaging year’ in annual report
Broadcaster says in February and March 133 instances of external activities approved but it was prevented by Data Protection Commission from releasing exact details
Taoiseach says multi-annual funding is something most State agencies would give their right arm for’
Ireland has highest evasion rate in Europe for ‘inequitable tax’ on television set owners, former RTÉ board chairwoman says
Future for national broadcaster remains less than straightforward
It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered
Proposal to release ‘details of approved activities’ central to transparency drive after storm of controversy concerning lax governance
Bakhurst says he had no preference on future funding model so long as it protects RTÉ's independence, provides the required level of support and is multiannual
The BBC’s Steve Carson to become director of video while Newstalk’s Patricia Monahan will be director of audio
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
Minister says majority still pays fee and warns tens of millions would have to be found elsewhere to fund broadcasting
The €160 TV licence underpins public service broadcasting but has suffered falling sales in the wake of the controversy that has engulfed RTÉ over the past year
Director general Kevin Bakhurst plans to increase independent commissioning to €70m a year. Doing this means making fewer programmes in-house
Ditch journalist Roman Shortall settles his own rent bill; Siún Ní Raghallaigh has her say; and U2′s Dublin plans fall through again
The broadcaster and satirist on political pressure, suffering ‘five years of horrific coercive control’, and replacing Tubridy
The station needs to stop trying to import the latest quick-fix from a podcast or Instagram or TikTok
RTÉ effectively gave presenters a choice: you can work for us or you can work for yourself, but you can’t do both. When you look at the numbers, it’s no surprise which option they’re choosing
Detailed reports may frame broadcaster’s dysfunction, scandal and flawed board but do not map way ahead for a Coalition divided over financing directly by exchequer, household levies, taxation or some hybrid
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