RTÉ Shakeup: Director General Resigns Amid Investigation Into Misreported Payments to Top Presenter
- An investigation by external auditors found that RTÉ had failed to report hundreds of thousands of euros in payments to its highest-paid star, Ryan Tubridy, between 2017 and 2022.
- The scandal has prompted protests from RTÉ staff, an official government review, and questions in the Irish parliament.
- RTÉ's director general resigned on Monday, though the broadcaster's board chair said she had asked the director general to resign a week before the scandal became public.
- The director general said she did not act alone in approving the payments, but an RTÉ executive told parliament that only the director general had full knowledge of the incorrect figures.
- Negotiations over a new contract for Tubridy, who continues to appear on RTÉ radio and television, have been paused pending the outcome of the reviews.
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