Pat Kenny was again RTÉ's highest paid presenter in 2005, earning some €786,240 for his services, according to figures just released.
The station's second highest paid presenter, Gerry Ryan, earned €520,685 in the same year, around two-thirds of the amount paid to Kenny. This compares with a payment of €487,492 for Ryan's services in 2004.
Marian Finucane, who now hosts a mid-morning radio show on Saturday and Sunday, is again at number three on the station's list of its top 10 most highly paid presenters. In 2005, she earned €436,413, just slightly less than in the previous year.
She is followed at number four by Ryan Tubridy, who earned €328,000 for his morning radio programme on RTÉ Radio 1 and his Saturday night sho Tubridy Tonight.
At number five, daytime phone show host Joe Duffy earned €268,200, followed at number six on the list by Prime Time presenter Miriam O'Callaghan, who was paid €218,272.
Seven out of the 10 presenters and journalists on the list are contractors rather than RTÉ employees. Kenny, Ryan, Finucane, Joe Duffy, Miriam O'Callaghan, Ryan Tubridy and John Kelly are all paid through limited companies for their services.
Just three of those on the list, Derek Mooney, Tommie Gorman and Charlie Bird are actually employed by the national broadcaster.
Mooney, who presents the eponymous afternoon programme on RTÉ Radio 1, incorporating his popular Mooney Goes Wild show, earned €204,946 in 2005. He is number seven on the list.
At number eight is John Kelly, whose eclectic night time music show Mystery Train was controversially dropped by RTÉ Radio in a rejig of its schedules last year. Kelly was paid €202,000 on contract to the station. He also presents The View, an arts show, on RTÉ One television on Tuesday nights.
At number nine is RTÉ's northern editor TommieGorman, who was paid a salary of €200,367. Last on the list, making a reappearance after he dropped from the top 10 in 2004, is RTÉ's chief news correspondent Charlie Bird. Bird was paid €184,537.
Kenny's earnings show a drop of around €112,000 on the previous year. The total figure paid to Kenny in 2004, a year in which he renegotiated his contract, was nearly €1.1 million. This included earnings of €899,000 plus payments for services carried out previously.