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
RTÉ pay controversy
Stories relating to the controversy surrounding hidden payments to the RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy
Ryan Tubridy willing to address repayment of €150,000 to RTÉ at ‘appropriate time’
It would be ‘unreasonable’ for payments issue to be dealt with before data access request issue resolved, source close to host says
Look inside: Shane Ross and Ruth Buchanan selling Enniskerry home for €3.5m
Substantial period house and mews with a swimming pool and tennis court a short hop from the Wicklow village
RTÉ opens long-awaited voluntary redundancy offer to employees
It is understood that the details stipulate that those with over 10 years’ service will receive six weeks pay per year
Ryan Tubridy data request could reignite crisis and holds legal and reputational risks for RTÉ
Use of subject access requests, which originate in EU data protection law, is rapidly growing
Ryan Tubridy and agent Noel Kelly seek RTÉ files on 2023 crisis at a cost of €100,000 to broadcaster
Data access requests have already cost the broadcaster more than €100,000 as it worries about potential for fresh controversy
RTÉ news boss Deirdre McCarthy: ‘Tackling disinformation has to be much more of a focus now’
The woman who leads Ireland’s largest newsroom on disinformation, the ‘digital election’ and RTÉ’s new Clarity mark: 'you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.'
Celebrity agent Noel Kelly sees company profits of over €400k last year
Kelly became a household name during 2023’s RTÉ payments controversy
The Arts Council is about to enter a world of pain. It could be even worse for the artists it’s meant to help
Loss from abandoned €7m computer project could have a knock-on effect on cultural organisations
Media regulator seeks consultant to review adequacy of public funding for RTÉ and TG4
Coimisiún na Meán wants report to examine broadcasters’ 2024 performances
RIP FF-FG-Green Coalition, 2020-2024 - Miriam Lord’s look back at the Government
Three taoisigh, five budgets and a global pandemic: in unprecedented times it was a government like no other
Savaged by Anton: Easy questions for Seán O’Rourke, gentle inquisition for Lynn Boylan
Radio: The former RTÉ presenter joins Anton Savage on Newstalk. Sinn Féin is under fire everywhere
Agent Noel Kelly bounces back after Tubridy controversy
Plus: Irish Catholic podcast believes the pope is a very naughty boy; JP McManus’s road woes; and Ciaran Mullooly’s new adviser in Brussels
RTÉ records net deficit of €9.1m amid plummeting licence fee revenues
Chair of board Terence O’Rourke says 2023 was ‘a difficult and damaging year’ for broadcaster
Siún Ní Raghallaigh, seven months after RTÉ affair: the Oireachtas hearings were ‘vicious. People were unfairly treated, as if they had no rights’
Former RTÉ chairwoman on ‘vicious’ Dáil hearings, a missed opportunity to fund the national broadcaster and life after being in the public glare of the Montrose psychodrama
No change to Kielty’s salary as Late Late Show host prepares for second year
Rory McIlroy and John Bishop among guests on first episode of autumn season
Graham Norton: ‘Angry people want you to lose rights. I hope young gay people are up for the fight’
As he prepares to publish his fifth novel, a low-key Norton reflects on fame, growing up in west Cork and the Ryan Tubridy debate
RTÉ faces rising tax bill to settle status of hundreds of workers
Broadcaster set aside €21.7m to meet PRSI liabilities from bogus self-employment in the organisation, records show
TV licence sales fail to recover from drop-off caused by RTÉ pay controversy, new data shows
A total of 450,000 licences were bought in the first seven months of the year, 14% down on the figures for 2022.
Irish druid who once called Hitler a genius withdraws from Galway event
Plus: Kneecap film flummoxes and impresses US critics; the falling rate for Fair City photos; and Helen McEntee promises to drain the swamp
RTÉ reports €9.1m deficit last year as Liveline host Joe Duffy highest paid with €351,000 package
Chairman Terence O’Rourke described 2003 as a ‘difficult and damaging year’ in annual report
RTÉ register of external activities: Fewer than 1% involved payment over €10,000
Broadcaster says in February and March 133 instances of external activities approved but it was prevented by Data Protection Commission from releasing exact details
RTÉ funding: Extra €6m for An Post to crack down on licence fee evasion and improve collection
Taoiseach says multi-annual funding is something most State agencies would give their right arm for’
Keeping RTÉ licence fee would be ‘deeply disappointing’ - Ní Raghallaigh
Ireland has highest evasion rate in Europe for ‘inequitable tax’ on television set owners, former RTÉ board chairwoman says
Decision on RTÉ funding may bring an end to long saga but there are still unknowns
Future for national broadcaster remains less than straightforward
Revenue Commissioners will have no role in collecting television licence fee
It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered
RTÉ told it has no legal power to publish outside earnings of TV and radio presenters
Proposal to release ‘details of approved activities’ central to transparency drive after storm of controversy concerning lax governance
RTÉ chief takes gentle swipe at politicians’ scrutiny as broadcaster gets latest €20 million bailout
Bakhurst says he had no preference on future funding model so long as it protects RTÉ's independence, provides the required level of support and is multiannual
RTÉ makes two appointments to leadership team as part of new strategic plan
The BBC’s Steve Carson to become director of video while Newstalk’s Patricia Monahan will be director of audio
RTÉ knows nostalgia will not save it, but the Government must also acknowledge this
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
RTÉ knows nostalgia will not save it, but the Government must also acknowledge this
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
RTÉ funding: Paschal Donohoe and Catherine Martin at loggerheads over future funding model
Minister says majority still pays fee and warns tens of millions would have to be found elsewhere to fund broadcasting
Decision on RTÉ TV licence funding looms ahead of Dáil recess
The €160 TV licence underpins public service broadcasting but has suffered falling sales in the wake of the controversy that has engulfed RTÉ over the past year
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