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RTE to consider understatement of Tubridy fees after receiving second report

Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has provided a second report into how much the star presenter was paid.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

Sinead O’Connor was an undemanding performer ‘driven by doing the right thing’

The music producer for the Late Late Show TV programme said Sinead O’Connor ‘always nailed it, we were never let down by her’.

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor remembered as ‘powerful, passionate, determined’

The star, best known for her 1990 smash hit Nothing Compares 2 U, has died aged 56, her family said.

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

RTE executive denies misleading committee on knowledge of Tubridy deal

Interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch insisted he had been ‘completely truthful’ in his evidence to the Public Accounts Committee in Dublin.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

Controversial radio and TV star George Hook ‘can’t see way back for Ryan Tubridy’

George was famously cancelled in 2019 from the airwaves after his comments about rape cost him his job at Newstalk.

Dublin Live · Jul 13, 2023

George Hook weighs in to Ryan Tubridy scandal - 'He can't walk back in to RTE canteen'

EXCLUSIVE: He said: "I was glued to it. I turned off Netflix and watched the Tubridy/Kelly show instead.

Irish Mirror · Jul 13, 2023

New RTE DG Kevin Bakhurst faces Oireachtas Committee over payments scandal today

Kevin Bakhurt, RTE's new Director General, will be grilled by TDs at the Public Accounts Committee about his plans for the future of the national broadcaster.

Irish Mirror · Jul 13, 2023

Top 10 RTE presenters’ pay to be published each year as Bakhurst promises reform

The new RTE director general called the revelations in recent weeks ‘one of the most shameful’ episodes in its history.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Newly identified RTE 'exit fees' and 'talent fees' under investigation, review states

An interim review carried out by Grant Thornton examining the pay of top stars at RTÉ between 2008 and 2022 was sent to members of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday evening

Dublin Live · Jul 12, 2023

'Exit fees' and 'performance fees' paid by RTÉ under review, report states

An interim review carried out by Grant Thornton examining the pay of top stars at RTÉ between 2008 and 2022 was sent to members of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday evening.

Irish Mirror · Jul 12, 2023