Siún Ní Raghallaigh

PAC concludes there was an attempt to ‘conceal’ RTÉ’s commitment to underwrite undisclosed payments to Ryan Tubridy

Inside Politics: Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s blistering statement sure to overshadow Cabinet decision on her replacement

Terence O’Rourke set to chair board as row between predecessor and Catherine Martin deepens

Minister for Media not under immediate threat following RTÉ ex-chair’s riposte, but the scandal rumbles on, shifting focus from fixing the station’s problems

Catherine Martin set out timeline at last Tuesday’s Oireachtas committee hearing of how Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s resignation as chair of RTÉ board arose

Siún Ní Raghallaigh says she is ‘baffled’ by Catherine Martin’s actions, saying they seem ‘designed to traduce my reputation’

Former RTÉ chairwoman said she apologised for miscommunicating details about an exit package but had told Catherine Martin’s most senior official about it

Minister for Media Catherine Martin will bring the names of individuals taking up roles to Cabinet, Varadkar says

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Minister for Media summed up the hypocrisy when she asked: ‘What was the alternative? To conceal the facts?’

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The saga continues

Earliest copy of €2.2m loss-making Toy Show the Musical business case released to Public Accounts Committee on Thursday

Despite Catherine Martin’s valiant efforts, she managed to slam the door in Siún Ní Raghallaigh’s face

Former director general has been unable to attend previous Oireachtas committee hearings due to ill health

Position vacant since Siún Ní Raghallaigh resigned after Minister declined to express confidence in her during Prime Time interview

David Nally was previously the former head of TV current affairs at State broadcaster

Inside Politics: If Catherine Martin expected easy questioning from Coalition TDs over her handling of Siún Ní Raghallaigh she was wrong

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Martin’s net point was that the accumulation of incorrect information from the former chairwoman shook her confidence

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

Oireachtas media committee will now extend invitation to Ní Raghallaigh to appear before it

RTÉ is a toxic brew whose commercial business and profit-seeking push stale content, ads and inflated salaries at the expense of public service

Minister for Media Catherine Martin’s ‘deep disappointment’ with Siún Ní Raghallaigh is much ado about absolutely nothing

Accomplished names in media, independent television sector and academic world linked with vacant role

Divergence remains between accounts given by RTÉ and the Department of Media on when broadcaster’s policy on severance packages for departing executives changed

Controversy over large exit payments for departing executives to take the political centre stage again this week as Minister to appear before committee and Dáil

The Minister for Media will also appear before the Oireachtas Media Committee on Tuesday

When the board is having emergency meetings seven months into a controversy, you know things are not good

Row between broadcaster’s board and Catherine Martin over exit payouts for departing executives deepening following resignation of Siún Ní Raghallaigh

Board seeks meeting with Minister in wake of Siún Ní Raghallaigh departure after Martin claimed she was misinformed

Sequence of exit deal for former chief financial officer produces contrasting stories and ultimate departure of chairwoman Siún Ní Raghallaigh

RTÉ board has dug in and is on a collision course with Minister for Media

This week’s events reflect poorly on the judgment of the Minister for Media and of the three Government party leaders

The latest flare-up began with the revelation that former strategy director Rory Coveney received an exit payment, and culminated in the resignation of chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh

Siún Ní Raghallaigh is just the latest in a spate of departures from the broadcaster in the wake of the Tubridy payments controversy

Not much natural justice in an effective ‘summary dismissal’ of the RTÉ chairwoman by a Minister now at risk of being hoisted by her own petard

Catherine Martin, Kevin Bakhurst and the Department of Media are among those with more explaining to do

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