Toy Show The Musical

Toy Show the Musical report shows ‘dysfunctional relationship’ between RTÉ's board and senior executives at the time

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Grant Thornton report notes concerns about ‘lacklustre public reaction’ following the initial launch of the ill-fated musical in 2022

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The contents of a report from Grant Thornton represent a further blow to RTÉ's already battered reputation

Analysis: Report reveals how RTÉ presented the stage show flop as a ‘fait accompli’ to its own board

Report details overstated sponsorship figures, ‘wildly optimistic’ projections and a ‘disappointing’ reality

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RTÉ Toy Show the Musical: Contract for venue signed before board could consider matter formally and prior to documentation being furnished, notes report

Report into stage production also understood to criticise lack of governance around the project

The latest reports on the national broadcaster are expected to be published this week

National broadcaster signals that reports by accountants Grant Thornton and solicitors McCann FitzGerald are not ready - despite months of investigation

Musical, which ran over several weeks in Dublin last Christmas, made a loss of €2.2 million

Cars, high earners, allowances, Tubridy’s arrangements, an exclusive London club Soho House and more

No place for comments on personal appearances

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

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

The broadcaster piddled away €2.2m on the Toy Show vanity project, while showing an increasingly obvious disdain for its cultural remit

Presenter and his agent Noel Kelly are expected to face in-depth questions over payments scandal

Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly will attend two Oireachtas Committees on Tuesday to set out their respective roles in the secret payments controversy

TG4’s breakout film, An Cailín Ciúin, cost less than half of what RTÉ’s musical frittered away

In WhatsApp groups among staff, words like ‘stunned’, ‘incredulous’ and ‘wtf’ pinged from phone to phone