Ryan Tubridy: Why Ireland is struggling with the RTÉ pay scandal
Ryan Tubridy: Why Ireland is struggling with the RTÉ pay scandal
Image source, RTÉBy Daniel RosneyCulture reporter
As the UK media has been dominated by allegations about a BBC presenter, across the Irish Sea, national broadcaster RTÉ has been dealing with its own very different scandal for weeks.
These are undeclared payments made by the company to Ireland's highest paid broadcaster, Ryan Tubridy.
The controversy snowballed and grips the nation, so much so that parliamentary committee hearings are screened in pubs.
On Tuesday, Tubridy is due to appear in the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) before two committees looking into undisclosed payments of more than 345,000 euros (£296,800) over five years, in addition to his reported annual salary of almost €500,000 (£428,000).
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As the UK media has been dominated by allegations about a BBC presenter, across the Irish Sea, national broadcaster RTÉ has been dealing with its own very different scandal for weeks.
These are undeclared payments made by the company to Ireland's highest paid broadcaster, Ryan Tubridy.
The controversy snowballed and grips the nation, so much so that parliamentary committee hearings are screened in pubs.
On Tuesday, Tubridy is due to appear in the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) before two committees looking into undisclosed payments of more than 345,000 euros (£296,800) over five years, in addition to his reported annual salary of almost €500,000 (£428,000).
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Image source, RTÉ
