Madam, – Public relations consultant Tom Savage has been appointed chairman of the new RTÉ interim authority. I note that one of the items at the top of his agenda is the immediate application for an increase in the licence fee.
Indeed your report even gives details of the imprisonment of non-payers. I hope the new appointee will not mind receiving advice from someone not well versed in the art of public relations. In order not to dampen the motivation and enthusiasm of potential fee-payers, I suggest that he keeps the contracts and salaries of many RTÉ personnel hidden from public gaze for as long as possible. – Yours, etc,