Where’s the Brazilian beef? Senators roast Ciaran Mullooly over school lunch claims
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RTÉ
Marty Whelan: ‘I’d like to be paid more, particularly when I see what other people are on’
The avuncular veteran broadcaster, who is turning 70, on facing some hostility on his return to RTÉ, his moustache, and his ‘threat’ to keep working for as long as he can
RTÉ should be accountable for its spending, but critics’ focus is too selective
Questionable if row over highest-paid presenters is serving debate about public service broadcasting
Ireland steps up for Ukraine in EU as domestic support wanes
Inside Politics: Ministers hope to make ‘swift progress’ on Ukraine’s bid to join the EU
Casting a cynical weather eye
The warm spell has triggered an epidemic of exaggerated conversations about the weather
Current RTÉ management ‘inherited a bag of you know what’, says minister
Patrick O’Donovan says he has confidence in director general Kevin Bakhurst amid pay controversy
Gerry Thornley: A deflating and damaging weekend for Leinster, Ulster and Irish rugby
Irish provinces have never seemed farther away from a Champions Cup win
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May 24th-29th highlights, including Bloom 2026, Make That Movie, Spider-Noir and Star City
The Irish Times view on the RTÉ payments controversy: the price of transparency
Correction of Derek Monney’s status has reopened wounds that had barely healed
RTÉ journalist with ‘huge sense of self-importance’ fails in bid for higher pay
Labour Court rules that one complaint has already been determined by uncontested internal appeals process and other is too old
‘He deserved better’: Partner of Seán Rocks seeks meeting with RTÉ over pension issue
Financial reality of ‘misclassified’ job role kept presenter ‘up at night’, says Catherine Bailey
Questions raised over political handling of RTÉ controversy
Letter writers say focus on presenter pay has eclipsed broader concerns about public service broadcasting and political priorities
Derek Mooney spots a rat in the RTÉ car park. Insert your own joke here
Radio: Controversy about wildlife host’s pay comes at an awkward time for Radio 1 as its new schedule fails to gel
Why RTÉ is caught in a never-ending payments drama
In the News podcast: RTÉ boss says broadcaster is paying ‘price for transparency’
AI tools gave wrong answers about byelection candidates and where to vote, new research shows
Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT and Grok are all returning different answers to voters’ questions
The lilting Cork accent in my local Lidl reveals a truth about automated voices
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Ireland leads calls to review EU-Israel trade
Inside Politics: Micheál Martin says behaviour of Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir towards Gaza flotilla activists was ‘disgusting’ and ‘disgraceful’
In defence of RTÉ amid renewed criticism
Readers push back against political scrutiny and salary controversy
Raidió Teilifís Entertainment draws another big crowd for its latest Kildare Street outing
Bakhurst and Lynch had much to do during their Oireachtas appearance but got little chance to say anything
Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Ciara Mageean and Michael Darragh MacAuley confront fears of life and death
European champion and All-Ireland winner discuss health concerns during six-day, 250km journey across Costa Rica
RTÉ ex-DG Dee Forbes decided Derek Mooney would be classified as producer, committee told
Oliver Callan’s production company receives fee separate from his fees as presenter, committee hears
‘Waste of space’: What we learned about RTÉ from today’s Oireachtas committee hearing
From criticisms of the top 10 earners lists to Dancing with the Stars and Callan’s Kicks, Bakhurst and the broadcaster were grilled
RTÉ prepares for another Oireachtas committee grilling
Inside Politics: Expect more fireworks today when Kevin Bakhurst and friends face the music over the latest staff pay controversy
Israel’s Eurovision votes suggests boycotts missed public opinion
European Broadcasting Union should seek to draw a line under the tantrum
It’s hard to work up any outrage about yet another grubby payments controversy at RTÉ
As lesser-known politicians prepare for their daytime TV glow-up at the Oireachtas committee hearing, licence-fee payers have other things to worry about
RTÉ plunged into crisis again – it’s like the world cliff diving championships in Montrose
If crisis were a sea, the national broadcaster would never be out of it
Number of RTÉ workers earning more than €100,000 increased more than a third in past five years
Kevin Bakhurst says broadcaster has ‘paid a price’ for transparency over Derek Mooney’s earnings
RTÉ treatment of Seán Rocks pay had ‘significant financial implications’ for family, says TD
Long-time Arena presenter, who died last year, was put on a producer salary with a top-up for on-air role
Laws bringing RTÉ under supervision of State spending watchdog approved by Cabinet
Legislation also beefs up mechanisms for assessing the performance and funding of national broadcaster
AI hits entry level jobs and tax free money from a home in your garden
Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Criticising Israel for its actions in Gaza does not make us anti-Semitic
RTÉ said it was boycotting Eurovision, so what was one of its reporters doing there?
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Television: Fascinating portrait of pioneering musician fails to find the person behind the music
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