All good things come in threes, except if you sit at the top of the national broadcaster. First, there were three external reports from accountant Grant Thornton into Ryan Tubridy’s pay and the costs of the failed Toy Show The Musical that engulfed the national broadcaster in controversy last year. Now, the media minister Catherine Martin has laid three fresh reports before the Cabinet examining governance and culture, contractor fees and human resources, and the broadcaster’s use of the contentious barter account system. RTÉ’s director general Kevin Bakhurst and new board chairman Terence O’Rourke will need to sit down, digest…

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