Noel Kelly Agent

Ryan Tubridy ‘had no involvement’ in RTÉ’s adjustment to his published earnings, Grant Thornton forensic accountant finds

Latest Grant Thornton report into broadcaster’s pay heavily critical of ‘several failures’ by State broadcaster

Second Grant Thornton report is ‘an arrow through the heart’ of relationship between staff and management at national broadcaster

Breda O’ Keeffe says Niall Collins and Deloitte ‘incorrectly’ relied on a Tubridy/RTÉ side letter

Document limited due to inability of ex-director general Dee Forbes or director of content Jim Jennings to engage with process

Tubridy says he hopes to re-establish listeners’ trust as report indicates RTÉ used wrong figures to keep published pay below €500,000

TD Niamh Smyth, who chairs media committee, believes another committee meeting before Dáil resumes regular sittings may be in order

Grant Thornton report sets out misleading figures broadcaster published in 2021 were different from correct numbers recorded on payroll systems

Controversy around broadcaster has shone light on little known sector of Irish business

A former political director suggests four simple ways committees could do their jobs more effectively

Media and Public Accounts Committee chiefs to meet if key witnesses to events agree to attend hearings

Leinster House channel had more than nine million minutes of online viewing on Tuesday, compared to the usual 29,000 minutes for a committee hearing

Tubridy started out as Logan Roy but lapsed into Cousin Greg whenever the subject of money came up

Committee hearings into RTÉ payments controversy provided stark contrast between top performers and those who scaled soaring heights of incoherence

No place for comments on personal appearances

RTÉ, led by new director general Kevin Bakhurst, and its top star saw battle lines drawn this week as their differences over Ryan Tubridy's hidden payments were exposed in three more stormy Oireachtas committee hearings

RTÉ executives push back on assertions made by Tubridy and Kelly; DG says he was surprised to hear former chief financial officer had availed of exit package

Broadcaster known for cheery banter but we have learned there are more layers to him than a liking for mom and apple pie

Radio: Newstalk host keen to tackle other matters but Ryan Tubridy’s committee speech grabs all the attention

After six meetings, more than 25 hours of committee hearings and plenty of media coverage, the short answer is yes

Interim director general Adrian Lynch tells PAC the broadcaster would not have signed contract without additional commercial agreement with Renault and underwriting by RTÉ

RTÉ crisis: Tubridy not being paid an RTÉ salary as of this week, DG Kevin Bakhurst tells PAC

Public service media does not have to mean a diet of worthy but dull programming. Think of Normal People

From payments to presenter to cars on loan, broadcaster’s new boss will be asked to shed light on many remaining issues

New director general Bakhurst and chair Ní Raghallaigh to push back against presenter’s evidence, claiming ‘pressing need’ to correct record

The broadcaster’s conservatism, reliant on a few big names for decades, will have to change now

GAA will tell committee that the number of free-to-air games on television is higher than ever before

Catch-up: Three weeks of the RTE payment scandal, dozens of documents and hours of committee meetings

Blanket coverage of the broadcaster's appearance before two Dáil committees across all media

Ryan Tubridy was making a pitch to the listeners, the people outside the gates of power – his audience

The broadcaster had three tasks in the most important live show of his career

Presenter admits he could be ‘out of a job by Friday’ as broadcaster’s executives prepare to return to committee

Committee meetings seek to find answers

Television review: Tubridy has two settings – super-jaunty and hyper-sincere. Nobody wanted jauntiness so the hyper-sincerity bubbled up

Presenter’s agent Noel Kelly was constantly challenged over the convoluted payment structure for the broadcaster’s top earner

Presenter and his agent disputed broadcaster’s account of payments during six hours of questioning at Oireachtas hearings

Explainer: Broadcaster tells Oireachtas committees he was not paid €120,000 exit fee and thought three €75,000 payments were from Renault

RTÉ presenter and his agent faced pushback from politicians over payments made as part of commercial deal with Renault

RTÉ ‘set off’ unpaid bonus money when the figures were published in the list of high earners

Broadcaster and agent Noel Kelly tell Public Accounts Committee they did not come up with €75,000 annual Renault agreement