RTÉ's top earners

Madam, - In the past I have complained when RTÉ's "stars" disappear for two to three months every summer.

Madam, - In the past I have complained when RTÉ's "stars" disappear for two to three months every summer.

However, the RTÉ top earners' figures for 2004 (The Irish Times, June 29th) suggest that it's probably a good thing. If they had to be paid to work the extra months, the increase in the licence fee would surely be punitive.

- Yours, etc,

PETER MOLLOY, Haddington Park, Glenageary, Co Dublin.