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RTE Executives Admit to Years of Deception and Underreporting Presenter Salaries

  • RTE underreported Ryan Tubridy's salary by €345,000 between 2017 and 2022 through undisclosed payments.
  • RTE spent €275,000 from a "slush fund" on corporate hospitality and rugby tickets.
  • RTÉ’s chief financial officer suggested that the taxpayer may have been defrauded through the concealed transactions.
  • Patrick Kielty, the new host of The Late Late Show, will earn €250,000 per season and waived €50,000 in travel expenses.
  • RTÉ’s incoming director general will reconstitute the executive board and publish the salaries of top earners.
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