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Toy Show The Musical
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RTÉ officials were warned musicals were ‘notoriously difficult’, early Toy Show the Musical documents show
Earliest copy of €2.2m loss-making Toy Show the Musical business case released to Public Accounts Committee on Thursday
RTÉ may be brought within remit of Comptroller and Auditor General
Varadkar tells Fine Gael move would allow RTÉ finances to be scrutinised by Public Accounts Committee
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
RTÉ’s real failing is risk aversion, not risk-taking
Hugh Linehan: The still largely untold saga of Toy Show the Musical has the makings of that rarest of RTÉ beasts: an actually funny comedy
RTÉ board members were ‘deceived’ about Toy Show the Musical, Oireachtas media committee hears
Anne O’Leary of RTÉ board’s Audit and Risk Committee told Wednesday’s hearing the show was ‘presented as a fait accompli’
Replacing TV licence with ‘direct Exchequer funding model’ should be considered, Dáil hears
Minister for Media says existing model ‘clearly outdated’ but abolishing it with immediate effect was ‘reckless and irresponsible’
RTÉ board ‘should have asked more questions’ on Toy Show the Musical, chair to tell Oireachtas
Director general to appear before media committee in wake of reports on loss-making Toy Show the Musical and on staff exit packages
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
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‘Suitably qualified candidates’ have been sought to fill a string of vacancies on the depleted board
RTÉ pay controversy: PAC to request former director general Dee Forbes attend final hearings
Committee chair says two latest reports into broadcaster’s voluntary exit programmes highlighted ‘urgency of Ms Forbes attending’
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Toy Show the Musical mystery: Why did nobody in RTÉ listen to the concerns of Person 6?
One individual with industry knowledge warned that nine out of 10 musicals do not make their money back, but that didn’t seem to worry RTÉ
RTÉ scraps set of Toy Show the Musical
Stage show set had been in storage at stated cost of €8,000 a year but disposal and recycling now ‘underway’
Catherine Martin will not rule ‘anything in or out’ on future decision on RTÉ board
Toy Show the Musical report shows ‘dysfunctional relationship’ between RTÉ's board and senior executives at the time
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RTÉ ignored suggestion to cancel Toy Show the Musical after poor ticket sales, report says
Grant Thornton report notes concerns about ‘lacklustre public reaction’ following the initial launch of the ill-fated musical in 2022
The Irish Times view on Toy Show the Musical: making a crisis out of a flop
The contents of a report from Grant Thornton represent a further blow to RTÉ's already battered reputation
Toy Show the Musical: Damning report lays bare culture of dysfunction among RTÉ management
Analysis: Report reveals how RTÉ presented the stage show flop as a ‘fait accompli’ to its own board
Toy Show the Musical report: Four new things we learned about controversial flop
Report details overstated sponsorship figures, ‘wildly optimistic’ projections and a ‘disappointing’ reality
Thursday’s Top Stories: RTÉ Toy Show the Musical’s planned shows too few for break even - report; Ireland should support return home for Ukrainians, says O’Gorman
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RTÉ Toy Show the Musical planned too few shows for break even and sponsorship was overstated - report
RTÉ Toy Show the Musical: Contract for venue signed before board could consider matter formally and prior to documentation being furnished, notes report
RTÉ board did not give written approval for loss-making Toy Show the Musical, report finds
Report into stage production also understood to criticise lack of governance around the project
RTÉ braces itself for results of investigations into Toy Show the Musical and staff exits
The latest reports on the national broadcaster are expected to be published this week
Publication of RTÉ reports on Toy Show the Musical debacle and severance deals delayed
National broadcaster signals that reports by accountants Grant Thornton and solicitors McCann FitzGerald are not ready - despite months of investigation
RTÉ audit committee raised ‘significant concerns’ about Toy Show the Musical accounting
Musical, which ran over several weeks in Dublin last Christmas, made a loss of €2.2 million
Eight new things we learned about the RTÉ pay controversy
Cars, high earners, allowances, Tubridy’s arrangements, an exclusive London club Soho House and more
Fintan O’Toole: In the end, Ryan Tubridy resorted to the Father Ted defence
The broadcaster had three tasks in the most important live show of his career
I was a writer on Toy Show the Musical. It has been a weird time
Lisa Tierney-Keogh: I can’t tell you what I earned for my work on this show, but I can tell you I hope it becomes public knowledge. It should be. It’s your money
Fintan O’Toole: RTÉ bureaucrats fantasised they could turn themselves into Broadway impresarios
The broadcaster piddled away €2.2m on the Toy Show vanity project, while showing an increasingly obvious disdain for its cultural remit
RTÉ crisis: 10 questions Ryan Tubridy is likely to face at today’s committee hearings
Presenter and his agent Noel Kelly are expected to face in-depth questions over payments scandal
Harry McGee: What is happening in the Oireachtas this week in relation to RTÉ?
Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly will attend two Oireachtas Committees on Tuesday to set out their respective roles in the secret payments controversy
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
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