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Full coverage: RTE

21-step plan: PAC lays out recommendations to “draw a line” under RTÉ debacle

The much-awaited report also lays bare the challenges facing the new chair as Terence O’Rourke steps into the boardroom hot seat. Can he cut the mustard?

Niall Sargent
5th Mar, 2024 - 7 min read

“Tacit” approval and “very disappointing” sales: Who said what on Toy Show the Musical?

A new version of the Grant Thornton report into RTÉ’s failed stage show reveals the names of key protagonists – and former chair Moya Doherty’s unwavering faith in its success.

N. Sargent and T. Hubert
13th Feb, 2024 - 5 min read

No approval, no business case: How RTÉ’s exit package for its ex-CFO went under the radar

In a repeat of the failings observed in the examination of Ryan Tubridy’s undisclosed top-up payments last year, Breda O’Keeffe received severance pay outside the rules of RTÉ’s exit schemes – but claims she didn’t know.

N. Sargent and T. Hubert
31st Jan, 2024 - 11 min read

Informal procedures, overstated accounts and unrealistic forecasts: Behind the curtain of Toy Show the Musical

The latest Grant Thornton report sheds light on oversight, or lack thereof, at RTÉ over the decision to go ahead with the failed production.

N. Sargent and T. Hubert
25th Jan, 2024 - 8 min read

“You can have the best strategy in the world. But the question is, can you implement it?”

RTÉ has received its €56m interim bail-out, and published a five-year plan that is light on detail but big on cuts. Director General Kevin Bakhurst talks about his plans to move the broadcaster to its next phase after the Ryan Tubridy debacle.

Rosanna Cooney
17th Nov, 2023 - 6 min read

From “good faith” to good governance: Oireachtas Committee raises red flags over performance of RTÉ’s board

Board members have a right to demand answers to questions to enable them to do their job. The evidence indicates that they were found wanting.

David Duffy
14th Sep, 2023 - 4 min read

Board’s big day out: Shouting in a canyon, four RTÉs at Galway Airport, and Saddam Hussein’s approval ratings

Four hours of scrutiny before the Oireachtas Media Committee ranged from the state broadcaster’s finances and malaise to radical property proposals.

T. Hubert & R. Cooney
13th Sep, 2023 - 11 min read

Procurement, allowances, taxi vouchers: What a decade of audits tell us about RTÉ

Deep inside the broadcaster’s latest data dump lie years of internal documents highlighting issues with procurement, tendering, unapproved spending and rogue taxi bills. Here’s what we found.

T. Hubert & R. Cooney
12th Sep, 2023 - 9 min read

Rising costs, slow advertising and still no remuneration committee meetings: 2022 at RTÉ

The state broadcaster’s top sources of revenue are the licence fee and TV advertising, but both were in decline last year. As RTÉ heads into another bail-out, its governance record will come under increased scrutiny.

T. Hubert & R. Cooney
6th Sep, 2023 - 4 min read

Mazars report: No internal controls, no approvals and little value from RTÉ’s barter account

The interim report into RTÉ’s barter account describes a poorly documented system, where unauthorised people could use the account unchecked.

Rosanna Cooney
25th Aug, 2023 - 5 min read
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