There were over 50 items on the agenda for the final Cabinet meeting of the Dáil term today, with relocating Dublin’s Cathal Brugha Barracks for housing needs, support for disability services, an autism innovation strategy and the access to cash bill all up for discussion. The item on everyone’s radar, however, was the decision on a new funding model for RTÉ that will see the existing TV licence topped up with multi-annual Exchequer funding. The long-debated subject gained extra momentum in the wake of the scandals that rocked the national broadcaster last year and led to a sharp decline in…

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