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Chair Of RTE Board To Meet Communications Minister This Afternoon As Fallout From Ryan Tubridy Payments Scandal Continues

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09:39 24 Jun 2023


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The Chair of the RTE Board, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, will meet with communications Minister Catherine Martin this afternoon as the fallout from the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal continues.

RTÉ has been formally called before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee to answer questions about the salary of Ryan Tubridy.

The broadcaster has suspended Director General Dee Forbes after it emerged Tubridy was paid hundreds of thousands of euro more than RTÉ publicly stated.

Chairman of the PAC Brian Stanley says he wants to hear from Ms Forbes despite the suspension.

Sinn Féin Senator Lynn Boylan says the episode makes it very difficult to trust RTÉ:

"This fundamentally undermines the trust that the public have in the National Broadcaster. The fact that they would have gone before Oireachtas committees, with the begging bowl out, saying we need more money - and published salaries, knowing full well that actually those salaries weren't exactly what they said on the tin. I think it really is damaging to the public trust".


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