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RTÉ's new Director General to face Oireachtas committee this morning.

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

09:15 13 Jul 2023


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Kevin Bakhurst, and other senior members are appearing before the Public Accounts Committee today.

The State broadcaster must explain significant contradictions between the accounts given by it and those given by Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly.

A Grant Thornton review has found the pay of RTÉ's top ten presenters was correctly stated between 2010 and 2022 - with the exception of Ryan Tubridy's pay since 2017.

Brian Stanley, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, is calling on RTÉ to provide full disclosure of who knew what and when.

'I think there are some serious issues arising from our meeting with Mr Tubridy and Mr Kelly.  I think that they are some serious questions particularly around who knew what in RTE.  The line given up to now is that no one in RTE knew, only Dee Forbes about these extra payments.  Dee Forbes signed off on this, everyone else was unaware of this.'


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