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Full coverage: RTE

RTÉ’s Oireachtas gigs: A new band – but the song remains the same

A renewed media committee quizzed the broadcaster’s equally refreshed leadership line-up one year on from the Ryan Tubridy-fronted payments controversy, but still ignored the crucial commercial aspect of its model.

Willie O'Reilly
30th May, 2025 - 4 min read

No complaints here: Public need a channel to raise concerns over articles on RTÉ’s news website

The public service broadcaster's website is the most widely read online news source in the country, yet does not fall under Coimisiún na Meán's watch. The Government is now advancing a bill to change this.

Niall Sargent
14th May, 2025 - 3 min read

RTÉ was paid a financial settlement from supplier of part-failed IT project

The project will now likely come before the newly formed PAC, while the media minister said that the broadcaster had "ample opportunity" to flag the €3.6 million project write-down to the Government.

Niall Sargent
1st May, 2025 - 3 min read

Revealed: RTÉ writes down €3.6m on part-failed IT project

A multi-million euro project to overhaul RTÉ's finance and HR systems failed to fully deliver. Director general Kevin Bakhurst was brought before the media minister earlier this month to explain.

Niall Sargent
30th Apr, 2025 - 4 min read

The next RTÉ? The litany of failings behind the Arts Council’s €6.5m IT debacle

A new arts department report gives a blow-by-blow account on what happened on the overly ambitious project, where the problems lay, and whose head may be on the block over the fiasco.

Niall Sargent
13th Feb, 2025 - 9 min read

Accountants are known to be cool, calm and collected. RTÉ’s new CFO will need these qualities in spades

Mari Hurley was announced as the national broadcaster’s new chief financial officer in March. A lot has changed since then, but much also remains to play for.

Willie O'Reilly
2nd Sep, 2024 - 4 min read

Contractors, employees, and social welfare: RTÉ goes to court again

As the potential cost of PRSI contributions mounts over hundreds of workers incorrectly registered as self-employed in the past, the state broadcaster is taking a third such case to the High Court.

Thomas Hubert
30th Aug, 2024 - 2 min read

Cabinet signs off on new multi-annual RTÉ funding. Can it turn the tide?

The media minister says the €725 million put aside for the next three years is enough for the broadcaster to implement its new strategic plan. But is it enough to finally put the pantomime of the last year to bed?

Niall Sargent
24th Jul, 2024 - 5 min read

Tommie Gorman could look into your eyes and see you for who you were – frailties, fears, hopes, potential

Tommie Gorman accumulated friends because he understood people. And he understood people because he cared about them. It is what made him such a brilliant journalist, and a remarkable man.

Ian Kehoe
29th Jun, 2024 - 6 min read

Crunching the numbers behind RTÉ’s €260m new direction

The broadcaster has set a new strategy that involves downsizing, moving away from Montrose and a shift to external production. But will it have the finances to match the ambition?

N. Sargent and T. Hubert
28th Jun, 2024 - 5 min read
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