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?
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.
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.
The latest Grant Thornton report sheds light on oversight, or lack thereof, at RTÉ over the decision to go ahead with the failed production.
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.
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.
Four hours of scrutiny before the Oireachtas Media Committee ranged from the state broadcaster’s finances and malaise to radical property proposals.
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.
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.
The interim report into RTÉ’s barter account describes a poorly documented system, where unauthorised people could use the account unchecked.
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