RTÉ board considering exit package for individual that could cost €400,000
Severance packages for departing senior RTÉ executives have caused controversy in recent months
Rory Coveney
RTÉ's former director of strategy
RTÉ executives spend over €175,000 on corporate credit cards
Records show visits to the Aviva Stadium bookended by restaurant and bar visits
Catherine Martin sticks to her guns over collapse in trust of RTÉ chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh
Appearing before the Oireachtas media committee, the Minister threw further doubt on Siún Ní Raghallaigh and RTÉ's claim that the board’s role in exit package had been communicated to the department
RTÉ crisis: Siún Ní Raghallaigh was not willing to receive letter or meet, Catherine Martin tells committee
Minister for Media appears before Oireachtas committee over resignation of RTÉ board chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh
RTÉ’s C-suite departures, golden goodbyes and confidentiality clauses
Siún Ní Raghallaigh is just the latest in a spate of departures from the broadcaster in the wake of the Tubridy payments controversy
Two RTÉ staff members paid separately by commercial subsidiary for producing Toy Show the Musical
Jane Murphy and Katherine Drohan, who previously worked on Late Late Show, credited with creating ill-fated project
RTÉ's golden goodbyes and confidentiality clauses are normal in business, say lawyers
RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has published updated legal advice from Arthur Cox on what he can disclose about the exit payments
RTÉ in a ‘straitjacket’ by agreeing to confidential exit payment clauses, says Minister for Finance
Michael McGrath said that Government demanded and expected transparency from RTÉ
Miriam Lord: We came to Leinster House with a heavy heart to remember Michael O’Regan
Danny Healy-Rae struggled to find the right words to convey his admiration for Michael O’Regan, ‘one of the best Kerrymen that ever came out of Kerry’
Recent RTÉ controversy is of Bakhurst’s own making
The last thing Government wants is to have to find someone else to run RTÉ
Transparency should trump non-disclosure agreements on RTÉ exit deals - TD
Fianna Fáil TD Christopher O’Sullivan asked whether there can be no consequences for poor performance
RTÉ's ‘process of elimination’ maths shouldn’t prove too hard
Binding confidentiality clause does not appear to tally with commitment to publish payout total in annual report
Little prospect of RTÉ exit package details becoming public, Bakhurst says
Director general in a ‘quite unusual’ position with some politicians effectively asking him to break law and reveal confidential information
Hiding behind legal advice will not cut it for RTÉ any more
Why are we hearing only now that the director of strategy received an exit package? Have others received such payments?
Potential tax implications for RTÉ on Breda O’Keeffe redundancy payment would be minor, lawyer says
Highly unlikely former chief financial officer would face tax liability unless it was established she was responsible for the way things had been done, expert says
Pulling Toy Show the Musical would have been ‘unthinkable’, says former RTÉ executive
RTÉ publish updated report detailing names of previously anonymised figures involved in controversial musical
Toy Show the Musical: Behind the curtain of RTÉ ‘flop’ that left children in tears over cancelled shows
The ill-fated theatrical production staged in the National Convention Centre - not a typical theatre venue - lost more than €2 million as the producers fell well short of their targets
RTÉ crisis: The week that saw battlelines drawn between broadcaster and Ryan Tubridy
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
Who were the members of the RTÉ executive board that has been stood down?
As the new director general announces major overhaul, who had made up the RTÉ executive board?
RTÉ was looking for a warehouse for the Toy Show musical set while TG4 was at the Oscars
TG4’s breakout film, An Cailín Ciúin, cost less than half of what RTÉ’s musical frittered away
New director general to unveil changes within RTÉ
Kevin Bakhurst will lay out his plan to restore trust in the broadcaster starting with an email to staff on Monday morning
‘Like an episode of Succession’: the inside story of another week that rocked RTÉ
In WhatsApp groups among staff, words like ‘stunned’, ‘incredulous’ and ‘wtf’ pinged from phone to phone
Exit Denis, enter Yvonne: 2021 saw one Irish media era end and another begin
A screen production boom and funding policy impasse marked the industry’s year
National Creative Content Fund remains just a nice thought for now
Levy collection from on-demand giants is yet to be confirmed by the Government
TG4 accuses Sky of ‘dragging feet’ on bid to get app on its service
Media Commission must be given ‘muscular’ powers and proper resources, says TG4 boss
Public media funding essential to avoid ‘toxic’ environment, says Blindboy
‘Large amount of money’ needed to make great television, commission hears
Rusbridger’s commission exit will make no difference to future of Irish media
Government action, not debates about filter bubbles, is what the sector needs now
RTÉ’s multiple lobbying meetings with politicians
Register reveals 14 occasions in four months on funding and national broadcaster’s future
21 Faces: three years of celebrating uniqueness
Campaign aims to encourage people to see the personalities, not just the syndrome
Brainstorm: Where academics write interesting articles in plain English
RTÉ’s platform for new ideas and perspectives is academic lead but reader friendly
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