Sir, – Golden handshakes at the completion of a fixed-term contract are regularly provided for when contracts are agreed. If this agreement was entered into when Dee Forbes commenced her tenure in RTÉ, will she now, despite gross incompetence and the overseeing of widespread organisational dysfunction, receive such a payment? – Yours, etc
ANNE BERGIN,
Co Kildare.
Sir, – Present and past governments are ultimately responsible for RTÉ's meltdown.
My adventures on Vinted: I’m not sure how my single hair roller ended up in La Rochelle
Patrick McCabe: ‘This whole idea of making money out of novels started in the 1980s with Martin Amis and Ian McEwan’
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Thrill-seeking in middle age: The spirit is willing but the pelvic floor is weak
Decades of starving an important cultural resource of proper funds and quality checking its vision has let commercial interests morph our national broadcasting services into a “talent” casino. Give us ad-free national media and start respecting our intelligences. Imagine a public library selling advertising space on its bookshelves for cars, holidays, department stores and detergents and you’ll get my point. – Yours, etc.
ROBERT CORKEY,
Co Wexford.
Sir, – Was Crosaire having a little fun with 18 Down on Saturday (July 1st)? “Puts together programmes with rather odd pieces (3)”. Answer: RTÉ. – Yours, etc
MICHAEL McMULLIN,
Ballyshannon.
Sir, – Is Noel Kelly the real RTÉ Player? – Yours, etc.
JUDITH GOLDBERGER,
Dublin 4.
Sir, – Does RTÉ's barter account extend to the TV licence fee and will it accept a portion of the beetroot glut from my allotment for its canteen, in exchange for one year’s renewal? – Yours, etc,
BETH NEAL,
Dublin 16.
