Dee Forbes

It is an absolute requirement of democracy that those who exercise such power are accountable

Committee chair says two latest reports into broadcaster’s voluntary exit programmes highlighted ‘urgency of Ms Forbes attending’

With every damning report, senior Ministers become less convinced about direct State involvement or Exchequer funding

Report findings ‘concerning and wearying’ when staff just want to ‘put these times behind them’, NUJ Dublin broadcasting branch chair Emma O’Kelly says

Key figures within the broadcaster were in the dark about significant financial decisions being made in Montrose, McCann FitzGerald report finds

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

Documents show former presenter made complaint about ‘bullying’ producer and past culture in broadcaster

From bombshell statements to tense committee hearings to a string of budget cuts, it has been an incendiary 2023 for the public service broadcaster

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

Interview: Director general on plans for its Dublin and Cork bases, whether Fair City should be outsourced and his relationship with Government

Kevin Bakhurst offers to send ‘extensive and detailed summary’ of note on meeting to committee

Documents detailing exit packages of Geraldine O’Leary and Breda O’Keefe not provided by RTÉ

RTÉ refusing to release details of severance and exit packages to top executives involved in Tubridy pay controversy,

Minister for Media hopes broadcaster’s former director general Dee Forbes will answer questions when recovered from illness

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

Any Other Business: Forbes resigns directorship, Collison brothers back new California city plan, Lucy Gaffney and slavery reparations, and Fine Gael’s fundraising

Minister last month signed statutory instrument allowing RTÉ, TG4 to qualify for financial assistance under New Economy and Recovery Authority

‘The door is not shut forever,’ says RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst after ending negotiations with Tubridy

Broadcaster in flux under new DG amid tarnished reputation, falling public support, looming budget and Government expectations of reform

Presenter told Oireachtas committees bonus issue was among the number of ‘untruths’ in RTÉ pay controversy

What about creativity-first, or people-first?

Media and Public Accounts Committee chiefs to meet if key witnesses to events agree to attend hearings

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, 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

RTÉ executives push back on assertions made by Tubridy and Kelly; DG says he was surprised to hear former chief financial officer had availed of exit package

After six meetings, more than 25 hours of committee hearings and plenty of media coverage, the short answer is yes

Dee Forbes and Munster Rugby, Garda College lands controversy, Eir CEO’s attack on ComReg, National Lottery could be on the move, GAA’s no-cash policy, and higher education headhunters

RTÉ crisis: Tubridy not being paid an RTÉ salary as of this week, DG Kevin Bakhurst tells PAC

New director general Bakhurst and chair Ní Raghallaigh to push back against presenter’s evidence, claiming ‘pressing need’ to correct record

Catch-up: Three weeks of the RTE payment scandal, dozens of documents and hours of committee meetings

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

Public service experience of new director general fuels his first moves but real meat needs to be put on bones of plans

The complete split between the board and executive and the damage to the brand point to trouble ahead. Ordinary employees of RTÉ and the concept of public sector broadcasting need to be protected

Catherine Martin has been a quietly revolutionary minister for the arts, the best we’ve had since Michael D Higgins a quarter of a century ago

Committee members told by Oireachtas legal advisers the two witnesses are under no obligation to appear

Not content with seeing Tubridy’s career in tatters, his louder critics are demanding that he should never be allowed to work again. Time for some perspective

RTÉ payments crisis: Revelations of a them-and-us culture at the top in RTÉ are not new

Any Other Business: McKillen becomes Vietnam’s honorary consul, RTE Player on Sky, the NTMA and bonuses, and Euronext’s plea on share trading tax

Inside Politics: Minister for Media Catherine Martin to meet with senior RTÉ executives today as questions remain around governance at the station

Broadcaster says three additional accounts exist, the same type used to make secret payments to Tubridy