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Ryan Tubridy willing to address repayment of €150,000 to RTÉ at ‘appropriate time’
It would be ‘unreasonable’ for payments issue to be dealt with before data access request issue resolved, source close to host says
RTÉ appearance at Oireachtas committee a drab sequel to firework show of two years ago starring Ryan Tubridy
Ghost of man long gone from station lingers as management faces questions from TDs, senators about fresh controversies
Ryan Tubridy has not repaid RTÉ €150,000 he received for two promotional events that did not happen, Bakhurst says
The broadcaster has also disclosed that a television advert promoting the newsroom has cost €94,000
Oireachtas committee chair appointments under way ahead of Dáil return next week
Dispute over speaking time for Independent TDs had held up decisions to hand out key roles with €10,880 salary top-up
RTÉ’s €62m redundancy plan subject to annual targets
Government has approved €15m for this year to finance voluntary redundancy programme, which is now open
RTÉ opens long-awaited voluntary redundancy offer to employees
It is understood that the details stipulate that those with over 10 years’ service will receive six weeks pay per year
Ryan Tubridy data request could reignite crisis and holds legal and reputational risks for RTÉ
Use of subject access requests, which originate in EU data protection law, is rapidly growing
Ryan Tubridy and agent Noel Kelly seek RTÉ files on 2023 crisis at a cost of €100,000 to broadcaster
Data access requests have already cost the broadcaster more than €100,000 as it worries about potential for fresh controversy
No match for Marty Morrissey when it comes to RTÉ moonlighters
Plus: Michael O’Leary’s brush with the Residential Tenancies Board; and Michael Lynn’s latest legal move
Q&A: What do Oireachtas committees do and when will they finally be set up?
Sinn Féin has claimed the current timetable means committees will not be set up until May
Lord Rothermere’s lead Dublin tenant is part of ‘middle-class eco rabble who want to kill off free speech’
Plus: the Conor McGregor donation that never was; agent Noel Kelly’s unchanged fortunes at RTÉ; and the four Oireachtas members with prize-bond fever
Celebrity agent Noel Kelly sees company profits of over €400k last year
Kelly became a household name during 2023’s RTÉ payments controversy
How Senator Aubrey McCarthy befriended notorious murderer the Black Widow
Plus: Still waiting for Shane Ross to dish the dirt on RTÉ; ex-Ireland player’s country house plans hit a brick wall and team Trump take aim at an Irish ‘DEI musical’
Podcasts of 2024: 10 of the best shows from the past year, from Keep It Tight to Who Trolled Amber?
The sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War, the true story of the Free Willy orca and a conspiracy theory surrounding Avril Lavigne also feature
2024 in radio: chaotic exodus of Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli and the 2 Johnnies hangs over 2FM
Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger
Public funds used for Eoghan Murphy’s UK book launch at Irish Embassy
Irish Embassy in London hosted the UK launch of former minister for housing’s memoir, Running From Office
RTÉ puts out to tender €990,000 external audit contract
Work will include an audit of annual earnings of highest-paid presenters at the national broadcaster
Taoiseach briefed on changes to Roald Dahl book before appearing on Ryan Tubridy podcast
Staff at Department of the Taoiseach prepared four-page primer, including notes on Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot at request of Simon Harris
Late Late Toy Show review: Patrick Kielty is fuelled by enough raw adrenaline to power Santa’s reindeer
Mariah Carey pops up with a video message as 150-minute show reaches the finish line with a group performance of All I Want For Christmas Is You
Is this the final chapter for Books at One as Dublin and Cork shops close?
Plus: How Gerard Hutch got his nickname ‘The Monk’, Fair City actor’s house sale, and AI guru Allan Beechinor’s court troubles
Ryan Tubridy’s media company returns to profit
Chat show host moved to London’s Virgin Radio UK last year in the wake of RTÉ’s payments controversy
The Late Late Country Music Special: Not quite up there with the Toy Show but in the same ballpark
Television: Evening reaches a high when Daniel O’Donnell and Shona McGarty perform Kris Kristofferson’s Me and Bobby McGee as host Patrick Kielty looks relieved
Agent Noel Kelly bounces back after Tubridy controversy
Plus: Irish Catholic podcast believes the pope is a very naughty boy; JP McManus’s road woes; and Ciaran Mullooly’s new adviser in Brussels
Siún Ní Raghallaigh, seven months after RTÉ affair: the Oireachtas hearings were ‘vicious. People were unfairly treated, as if they had no rights’
Former RTÉ chairwoman on ‘vicious’ Dáil hearings, a missed opportunity to fund the national broadcaster and life after being in the public glare of the Montrose psychodrama
Graham Norton: ‘Angry people want you to lose rights. I hope young gay people are up for the fight’
As he prepares to publish his fifth novel, a low-key Norton reflects on fame, growing up in west Cork and the Ryan Tubridy debate
RTÉ faces rising tax bill to settle status of hundreds of workers
Broadcaster set aside €21.7m to meet PRSI liabilities from bogus self-employment in the organisation, records show
Oliver Callan now has more listeners on Radio 1 than Ryan Tubridy did a year ago
Pat Kenny’s listenership rises to fresh record on Newstalk as station claims its highest-ever market share
Ryan Tubridy’s UK radio show pulls in more than half a million listeners
Presenter welcomes 10% audience climb in his second quarter on Virgin Radio UK, as he surpasses his peak RTÉ listenership
RTÉ reports €9.1m deficit last year as Liveline host Joe Duffy highest paid with €351,000 package
Chairman Terence O’Rourke described 2003 as a ‘difficult and damaging year’ in annual report
Keeping RTÉ licence fee would be ‘deeply disappointing’ - Ní Raghallaigh
Ireland has highest evasion rate in Europe for ‘inequitable tax’ on television set owners, former RTÉ board chairwoman says
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is not just a concert, it’s a love story - and Dublin said yes
No dud moments and no time for toilet breaks as 50,000 fans - including Róisín Ingle - scream and whoop through the hits
Taylor Swift in the Aviva review: ‘You know this but nobody does it like you Dublin’
The exhilarating and riveting three hour-plus concert in Dublin 4 thrillingly confirms the US singer as an artist who comes along just once in an era
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