Bakhurst to describe RTÉ payments scandal as ‘shameful’ Broadcaster’s incoming director general set to appear before Public Accounts CommitteeWed Jul 12 2023 - 21:40
Ten new things we’ve learned: Blistering opening statements from Ryan Tubridy and Noel KellyThe gap between RTÉ and Ryan Tubridy is now a chasm, writes Jack Horgan-JonesTue Jul 11 2023 - 13:17
Incoming RTÉ DG to ‘rearrange front bench’ in station’s executive management‘The new sheriff is in town’ said a person briefed on Kevin Bakhurst’s plan for ‘substantial change’ at the top of the broadcasterFri Jul 07 2023 - 05:00
Reconstituting RTÉ board 'an important first step', says MartinCatherine Martin TD speaks outside Government Buildings in Dublin about reconstituting the RTÉ Board and its role as a public service broadcaster.Thu Jul 06 2023 - 15:39
'My job is to restore trust', says incoming RTÉ chief Kevin BakhurstIncoming RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has said that it is his job "to restore trust" in the broadcaster in the wake of the payments scandal.Thu Jul 06 2023 - 14:45
RTÉ board seeks ‘swift action’ as chair warns of more revelationsMore than €1.5m spent through barter account on gigs, restaurants, flights and flip flopsThu Jul 06 2023 - 05:00
Universal Social Charge should be reduced on a phased basis, says Fianna Fáil TDsPre-budget party meeting hears calls for the renter’s tax break, currently worth €500 per year, to be doubledWed Jul 05 2023 - 22:12
RTÉ staff member benefited from unapproved deal that led to loan of car for five yearsAdrian Lynch declines to divulge person’s identity but confirms that staff member had returned carWed Jul 05 2023 - 18:17
RTÉ used barter accounts to cover €1.6m entertainment and hospitality billBroadcaster defends use of ‘entirely legitimate’ accounts in letter to Oireachtas Media CommitteeWed Jul 05 2023 - 06:24
Negotiations among State bodies delay plan for 3,000 homes across Dublin, Cork and LimerickHousing Minister tells Cabinet of hold-up in transfers of three sites to the Land Development AgencyWed Jul 05 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ crisis: Documents to committee detail Tubridy contract, deal with Renault, letter from Forbes, and 100 top workers’ payDetails of agreement between Renault, RTÉ and Ryan Tubridy included in disclosuresWed Jul 05 2023 - 00:55
RTÉ plunged into deeper crisis as two more barter accounts foundBroadcaster says three additional accounts exist, the same type used to make secret payments to TubridyTue Jul 04 2023 - 22:04
RTÉ’s former Chief Financial Officer to appear before Oireachtas Media Committee tomorrowThree-pronged review of RTÉ's accounts, governance and contractors announced by CabinetTue Jul 04 2023 - 18:48
Ryan Tubridy faces prospect of Oireachtas questioning as Dáil committee chair issues warningIntervention comes after PAC heard claims that RTÉ had ‘slush fund’ for expensive sports and entertainment junketsMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
Budget 2024: Coalition set to breach own spending rules for second year in rowGovernment figures feel it is ‘unrealistic’ to deliver budget that limits growth in core spending to 5%Mon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
Further delay to Bill seen as ‘largest overhaul’ of State’s planning system in decadesGovernment had originally hoped the Planning and Development Bill would be on the statute books before EasterMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
Government to approve grants for businesses seeking to install solar PV panelsGrants will range from €2,700 up to €162,500 to support the installation of panels and associated infrastructureMon Jul 03 2023 - 00:01
RTÉ pay crisis: PAC chairman tells RTÉ to ‘cop on’ and hand over all the documents that have been requested Catherine Martin will seek approval for external auditors to examine the troubled broadcaster’s booksSun Jul 02 2023 - 16:29
Fáilte Ireland dramatically drops estimate of number of occupied beds after reviewPressure on tourism sector not as acute as previously thought after occupancy rate drops from 28% to 13%Sat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
Investigation into RTÉ’s finances expected to focus on ‘slush fund’Grant Thornton to examine barter account which was used for €1.25m in payments over the past 10 yearsFri Jun 30 2023 - 20:46
RTÉ pay crisis: Donnelly raises prospect of Garda involvement as fresh hearings set for next weekCenter Parcs announces it will not continue €295,000 sponsorship deal for The Ryan Tubridy Show in another blow for RTÉFri Jun 30 2023 - 18:22
RTÉ’s darkest week: Crisis around Ryan Tubridy’s hidden payments sends ripples far beyond Dublin 4Oireachtas committee interrogations, secret payments, a 'slush fund', sports junkets - the national broadcaster endured a torrid weekFri Jun 30 2023 - 17:00
These are dangerous times for RTÉ with Government hardening its stance towards broadcaster Inside Politics: New facets of the controversy keep emerging, further corroding trust in RTÉ and compounding damage done with GovernmentThu Jun 29 2023 - 07:43
Nine things we learned from the first day of RTÉ explanations at Oireachtas committeeFrom silos to ‘top talent’ and super-agents to company cars, all the insights - and remaining questions - from the exchangesThu Jun 29 2023 - 05:00
Considerable disquiet remains after RTÉ Oireachtas hearing, says Minister for Media Catherine MartinTaoiseach tells Fine Gael parliamentary party that scandal around Tubridy payments ‘damaging’ to State broadcasterWed Jun 28 2023 - 21:35
RTÉ pay controversy: The questions broadcaster faces at Dáil committee todayA lot of individuals knew about different parts of the Ryan Tubridy pay deal: Why did they not act on that knowledge?Wed Jun 28 2023 - 12:51
Day of reckoning dawns for RTÉ as politicians say key questions remain unansweredThe verdict in Leinster House is straightforward: the broadcaster’s statement is not good enoughWed Jun 28 2023 - 07:53
Do politicians have it in for RTÉ, or does RTÉ have it in for politicians?Analysis: The next steps in the secret payments drama will be determined by politics. That can’t be good news for RTÉ, whose co-dependent relationship with Government is always strainedWed Jun 28 2023 - 06:33
RTÉ pay controversy: Dáil committee may seek extra powers to grill station executivesFormer RTÉ director general Dee Forbes is among seven RTÉ figures who have been invited to two committeesTue Jun 27 2023 - 08:01
RTÉ now starring in a compelling, spiraling domestic drama Inside Politics: There is a discernable caution as Government calibrates its response to the unfolding crisis at the broadcasterTue Jun 27 2023 - 07:26
RTÉ pay crisis: Inquiries into hidden payments to Ryan Tubridy face pushback from ForbesDay of drama sees RTÉ director general resign while three top stars declare pay in fullTue Jun 27 2023 - 05:00
RTÉ and the Government: What we learned from Leo Varadkar’s comments todayTaoiseach calls on stars at broadcaster to publish details of their payMon Jun 26 2023 - 12:18
Tubridy payments: Fresh evidence of weak financial controls at RTÉ amid public angerPresenter will not host radio show next week as national broadcaster battles anger and backlash over failure to declare €345,000 in paymentsSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Tubridy pay: Dee Forbes to be invited to back-to-back grillings over RTÉ paymentsMinister for Arts to meet with RTÉ chair this weekend as Dee Forbes to be invited for back-to-back Oireachtas committee sessionsFri Jun 23 2023 - 22:59
RTÉ faces crisis in relations with Government after misreporting Ryan Tubridy’s pay for yearsHigh-ranking Government figures quash any chance of an increase in public funding for the broadcaster after disclosure that Late Late Show presenter received €345,000 in hidden payments from 2017Fri Jun 23 2023 - 06:00
‘This is a matter for RTÉ’: Tubridy says he cannot answer for RTÉ's ‘mistakes’ in understating his payRTÉ reveals undeclared €345,000 payments to Ryan Tubridy as top earners’ contracts investigatedThu Jun 22 2023 - 20:26
‘Secret nature of payments is a breach of trust unparalleled in the history of RTÉ': Staff to hold emergency meeting with unionExternal accountants to review contracts of 10 highest paid presenters after investigation revealed broadcaster understated host’s earningsThu Jun 22 2023 - 16:44
Fianna Fáil call for deputy leader likely to drive Martin ‘doolally’Move in Tánaiste’s absence a reminder that parliamentary party is not permanently quiescentThu Jun 22 2023 - 07:54
National children’s hospital delays: Government was told in April that delivery date would be pushed back furtherContractor BAM issued a report in February citing a ‘substantial completion date’ of May 2024, instead of March which was stated in a previous reportWed Jun 21 2023 - 20:05
Hoteliers must ‘do the right thing’ by Taylor Swift fans - Paschal DonohoeEras Tour concerts in Dublin prompts Minister for Public Expenditure to fire warning shot at hospitality industryWed Jun 21 2023 - 16:36
National children’s hospital: Public have well founded scepticism when it comes to costs and open dateInside Politics: Any suggestion NCH might cost more, or more importantly, open late, retains the whiff of political corditeWed Jun 21 2023 - 07:40
Why is the national children’s hospital back in the news?New children's hospital faces issues relating to the layout of ventilation systems in theatres that could add millions to its cost and add months to the deliveryTue Jun 20 2023 - 20:48
Outcome of test on ventilation system of operating theatres in NCH ‘yet to be agreed’Board responds to Sinn Féin claims that ‘major generic faults’ have been identified with 11 operating theatresTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:55
BAM profile: The building firm at centre of latest National Children’s Hospital controversyDutch-owned building giant has won deals on State projects but hospital project has been dogged by large cost over-runsTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:31
Children’s Hospital insists works on 11 operating theatres ‘minor’ and will not delay openingMain contractor BAM told last month to stop works in theatres as mediation works could be needed in ceilingsTue Jun 20 2023 - 12:45
National Children’s Hospital timelineNews that half operating theatres in National Children’s Hospital may need remediation work after main contractor BAM was told to stop works there latest twist in a saga stretching back 30 yearsTue Jun 20 2023 - 11:29
Political week starts with bang as President forced to issue apology The suspicion in the Coalition is the intervention was an intentional violation of the convention that the President doesn’t comment on Government policyTue Jun 20 2023 - 08:01
Children’s hospital lead contractor told to stop key works on half of facility’s operating theatresClaims that fresh NCH setback could cost tens of millions to address, while Department of Health downplays developmentTue Jun 20 2023 - 05:00
Who is Louise Richardson, the Waterford-born academic President Higgins has apologised to?The chair of the Government’s forum on security, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, will help inform future policy deliberations around Irish neutralityMon Jun 19 2023 - 19:46
The piecemeal plan to fix the housing crisis: what have Darragh O’Brien’s schemes delivered? The Fianna Fáil Minister for Housing’s political style faces a reckoning with the substance of delivery: his affordable housing initiatives create headlines but are not backed up by volumeSat Jun 17 2023 - 09:00
