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RTE introduces recruitment freeze as licence fee revenues slump

Ireland’s national broadcaster has been engulfed in controversy since the summer.

The Independent UK

Media minister defends her response to RTE payments scandal

Catherine Martin, who has faced criticism for not appearing before media in recent weeks, said she had been dealing with a family matter.

The Independent UK

RTE had ‘alarming gaps’ in internal procedures and record-keeping – report

Accountancy firm Mazars was asked to look at how the broadcaster was run following the revelation of undeclared payments to Ryan Tubridy.

The Independent UK

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Bakhurst says RTE may have to consider compulsory redundancies in the future

An interim forensic accounting report into RTE’s barter account system, carried out by Mazars, is to be published later on Friday.

The Independent UK

Caretaker host talks of ‘sense of wrong’ as Tubridy RTE show rebranded

The presenter has been off air since June 22 following a scandal regarding the national broadcaster under-declaring his fees.

The Independent UK

Tubridy did not want to ’cause difficulty’ for RTE with statement, sources say

RTE’s director general accepted there were ‘risks’ over ending negotiations with former presenter Ryan Tubridy.

The Independent UK

Ryan Tubridy still being paid, but this is ‘next step’ to be resolved – RTE boss

Kevin Bakhurst said that there is still not agreement on whether Ryan Tubridy is in contract or not.

The Independent UK

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Bakhurst: There is a ‘risk’ of legal action after talks with Ryan Tubridy ended

Negotiations on Ryan Tubridy’s return to RTE ended after trust ‘broke down’, according to the broadcaster.

The Independent UK

Tubridy was due to return to RTE on 170,000 euros in September, says Bakhurst

Presenter Ryan Tubridy earned as much as 545,000 euros in 2019.

The Independent UK

No plans for Tubridy to return to presenting role, RTE says

Director general Kevin Bakhurst said trust between the two parties had broken down.

The Independent UK

Unions ‘gravely disturbed’ by findings of report into RTE financial practices

The NUJ said there had been ‘an arrow through the heart of the relationship between management and staff’.

The Independent UK

Tubridy wants to ‘re-establish trust with listeners’ following report

A review found neither Tubridy nor his agent Noel Kelly had any part in the under-reporting of his 2017-2019 earnings.

The Independent UK

RTE board and management ‘concerned’ about drop in TV licence fee payments

There was a 37% fall in the number of payments in the first week of August compared to the same week last year.

The Independent UK

Ryan Tubridy fees adjusted by RTE to stay below 500,000 euro, report suggests

Former Late Late Show host Tubridy has welcomed the findings of the report.

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The Independent UK

RTE to consider understatement of Tubridy fees after receiving second report

Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has provided a second report into how much the star presenter was paid.

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor was an undemanding performer ‘driven by doing the right thing’

The music producer for the Late Late Show TV programme said Sinead O’Connor ‘always nailed it, we were never let down by her’.

The Independent UK

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor remembered as ‘powerful, passionate, determined’

The star, best known for her 1990 smash hit Nothing Compares 2 U, has died aged 56, her family said.

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Singer/songwriter Sinéad O'Connor dies at 56

O'Connor's 1990 re-interpretation of the sweeping Prince ballad, Nothing Compares 2 U, topped the charts in the US, UK, and a number of other countries

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The Independent UK

‘Too early’ to tell if licence fee drop-off will be long term – media minister

The fall in fee payments follows a scandal involving the main recipient of the licence fee, RTE.

The Independent UK

New RTE chief ‘to contact Ryan Tubridy within a week to discuss future’

The broadcaster has been engulfed in controversy since it admitted it had underdeclared the star presenter’s earnings.

The Independent UK

Ryan Tubridy’s latest invoice not paid by RTE amid contract dispute

The contractual position of the presenter is in dispute after he stepped down from his television duties earlier this year.

The Independent UK

RTE executive denies misleading committee on knowledge of Tubridy deal

Interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch insisted he had been ‘completely truthful’ in his evidence to the Public Accounts Committee in Dublin.

Dublin Live

Controversial radio and TV star George Hook ‘can’t see way back for Ryan Tubridy’

George was famously cancelled in 2019 from the airwaves after his comments about rape cost him his job at Newstalk.

Irish Mirror

New RTE DG Kevin Bakhurst faces Oireachtas Committee over payments scandal today

Kevin Bakhurt, RTE's new Director General, will be grilled by TDs at the Public Accounts Committee about his plans for the future of the national broadcaster.

Irish Mirror

George Hook weighs in to Ryan Tubridy scandal - 'He can't walk back in to RTE canteen'

EXCLUSIVE: He said: "I was glued to it. I turned off Netflix and watched the Tubridy/Kelly show instead.

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