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

RTE has announced there are no plans for Ryan Tubridy to return to his presenting role at the Irish national broadcaster following a controversy over the under-declaration of his salary. Director general Kevin Bakhurst said negotiations with Tubridy ...

17 Aug 2023 at 20:14

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RTE director-general Kevin Bakhurst says he will not resign over exit packages

RTE’s director-general has said he is not going to resign following controversy around exit arrangements of senior executives. Kevin Bakhurst said he stands by everything he has done since he took over the post at the embattled national broadcaster....

19 Feb 2024 at 16:53

National News

Hundreds of staff apply to leave RTÉ under Government-backed voluntary exit scheme

More than 300 RTÉ employees have applied to leave the company under a voluntary exit programme which was approved by Government earlier this year. The scheme, which offers a maximum pay out of €300,000, opened in March and the deadline to apply ...

24 May 2025 at 11:20

National News

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

RTE’s new director-general has said he will contact star presenter Ryan Tubridy within the next week to discuss his future with the broadcaster. Kevin Bakhurst said he wanted to treat Tubridy fairly but indicated that he would not speak ...

15 Jul 2023 at 09:08

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

RTE director-general Kevin Bakhurst said that it may have to consider compulsory redundancies “at some point” as the national broadcaster deals with massive reductions in TV licence purchases. After a scandal rocked the broadcaster in ...

25 Aug 2023 at 14:59

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National: Fair city weekly episodes to be reduced as RTÉ announces minimum of €10m cuts to content

RTÉ has released a statement announcing a minimum of €10m in cuts to its content spending for 2024. The statement was released today (Thursday November 30) to staff "in order to address immediate and significant financial challenges"....

30 Nov 2023 at 16:35

National News

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

Ryan Tubridy tried to explain to the Irish national broadcaster that he did not intend to “cause difficulty” for RTE when he made a contentious statement about a highly-anticipated report into his earnings, which ultimately led to ...

18 Aug 2023 at 18:11

National News

Kevin Bakhurst issues new statement on exits of top RTE execs but not Coveney payment

RTE Director-General has issued a new statement on the arrangements made around the exits of some of RTE's top executives but stopped short of revealing the amount of money paid to Rory Coveney after his resignation last year. ...

17 Feb 2024 at 16:51

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

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‘We have to own our mistakes’ Bakhurst says after talks on Tubridy’s RTE return

RTE’s director-general has said there is “a danger” and “a risk” of legal action after talks were ended abruptly on its star presenter Ryan Tubridy’s return to the broadcaster. Kevin Bakhurst said he had received internal and ...

18 Aug 2023 at 10:46

National News

RTE ‘completely unable’ to publish exit packages

RTE is currently “completely unable” to release details of executives’ exit packages dating back to 2016, the director general has said. Kevin Bakhurst said the organisation has been under pressure to release those details ...

22 Feb 2024 at 19:00

National News

Varadkar encourages public to pay TV licence fee as RTE funding is hit

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has appealed to members of the public to pay their TV licence as reports suggest the national broadcaster has lost millions in funding through the fee since a scandal over undisclosed payments to ...

10 Aug 2023 at 16:16

National News

RTE director-general holds meeting with Ryan Tubridy

RTE’s new director-general Kevin Bakhurst has held a face-to-face meeting with star presenter Ryan Tubridy. In a statement, the Irish national broadcaster said the two men “had a good, open, and constructive ...

20 Jul 2023 at 18:33

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