The boss of RTE is being asked to appear before the Oireachtas Communications Committee after some leading presenters broke Covid guidelines.
Top stars like Miriam O'Callaghan were pictured last week at a retirement event, with no face-masks and not social-distancing.
Committee chairperson Niamh Smyth says director-general Dee Forbes needs to explain how the incident happened.
But former RTE broadcaster Charlie Bird says it's being blown out of proportion.
"I worked in RTE for 38 years. When I was there the receptionist Phil Collins, who people went down to say good bye to, I knew her well.
"And there by the grace of God - I probably would have been there myself that day.
"We all make mistakes - we have to put this in a sense of proportion."
