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Full coverage: RTE

O’Rourke can’t expect as much luck at RTÉ as he’s had at ESB: Rewinding the week that was

The chair of the State-owned broadcaster and energy company is moving from the challenge of justifying enormous profits to that of plugging large losses.

Thomas Hubert
10th Mar, 2024 - 3 min read

The government has neglected RTÉ for decades. The new chair of the broadcaster must force radical change

The new chair of RTÉ Terence O’Rourke, the former managing partner of KPMG, faces many challenges. His biggest one will be to take on a political system that has neglected the State broadcaster for too long.

Fintan Drury
9th Mar, 2024 - 9 min read

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
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