What’s happened to Claire Byrne? It’s as if she’s rocked up to work late with a bag of cans
The former RTÉ presenter quickly puts her stamp on her Newstalk show – and her reshuffled colleagues also play their cards right
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Stories relating to the controversy surrounding hidden payments to the RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy
Ryan Tubridy: ‘I’m a different person now to who I was a couple of years ago. I’ve evolved’
The former Late Late Show host on his exit from London, his need for therapy after his RTÉ downfall and how his now wife shone during his darkest moment
Ryan Tubridy sought therapy to cope with ‘really dark’ feelings in wake of RTÉ pay scandal
Broadcaster says controversy over his understated pay left him ‘down’ and ‘on the ground’ following exit from station
TV licence sales set to slump to record low this year
Almost 20,000 fewer licences purchased in year to end of November compared with same period in 2024
RTÉ ‘gets enough’ money from Government, says Minister for Media
State and licence-fee funding for broadcaster came to €222m last year
Financial support for RTÉ ‘not bottomless’, Minister warns as figures released
State and licence fee funding rises to €222m last year compared to commercial revenues of €160m
Mike Murphy: ‘It should have been the RTÉ payments scandal, not the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal’
Broadcaster talks about Roy Keane and the mothers of Cork, angry Trumpite golfers and finding a fan in Martin McGuinness
Tubs in a topper, RTÉ on its uppers: Patrick Freyne can see clearly now
Ryan Tubridy’s return of €150,000 to his old employer, plus eight other TV moments I missed while I was away reading books and smelling flowers
Ryan Tubridy repays €150,000 to RTÉ following financial controversy
‘I intended making this payment and I’m happy to have been able to do so today’ former Radio One broadcaster says in statement
Ryan Tubridy still has the Tiggerish verve and breezy name-drops. So why does it feel sour?
Radio: An upbeat air on his London-based show contrasts with RTÉ’s continuing struggles
Liveline contenders: ‘Crazy levels of speculation’ about who will step in to replace Joe Duffy
Candidates remain tight-lipped, but sources suggest there could be an overhaul of radio show and RTÉ’s afternoon schedule
Dozens of reforms recommended to RTÉ in wake of pay controversy have been delayed
Report monitoring implementation of two reviews of the broadcaster have been given to Cabinet
David McRedmond: ‘An Post has been brilliant. I’ve never been remunerated less and enjoyed a job more’
McRedmond’s credo is: ‘All businesses are dying; you have to find the new thing’. He has lived that philosophy at State-owned postal service, whose core business has shifted from letters to parcels and, increasingly, financial services
Numbers prosecuted for not having TV licence down despite wave of evasion set off by RTÉ scandal
Drop in television licence sales continues this year
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