Public Accounts Committee

Costs and delays

RTÉ crisis: Tubridy not being paid an RTÉ salary as of this week, DG Kevin Bakhurst tells PAC

From payments to presenter to cars on loan, broadcaster’s new boss will be asked to shed light on many remaining issues

New director general Bakhurst and chair Ní Raghallaigh to push back against presenter’s evidence, claiming ‘pressing need’ to correct record

Catch-up: Three weeks of the RTE payment scandal, dozens of documents and hours of committee meetings

The broadcaster had three tasks in the most important live show of his career

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

Committee meetings seek to find answers

Television review: Tubridy has two settings – super-jaunty and hyper-sincere. Nobody wanted jauntiness so the hyper-sincerity bubbled up

Presenter and his agent disputed broadcaster’s account of payments during six hours of questioning at Oireachtas hearings

RTÉ executives previously said they believed staging the three events last year had cost €30,000

RTÉ star’s appearance on Oireachtas TV creates bemusement among tourists, while turnout is lower than expected in one pub that promoted the event

Broadcaster and agent Noel Kelly tell Public Accounts Committee they did not come up with €75,000 annual Renault agreement

The gap between RTÉ and Ryan Tubridy is now a chasm, writes Jack Horgan-Jones

RTÉ pay crisis: Broadcaster’s opening statement to the Public Accounts Committee released

Presenter and his agent Noel Kelly are expected to face in-depth questions over payments scandal

Director general Kevin Bakhurst says he hopes to see ‘maximum transparency and honesty’ from the presenter

Presenter and agent to appear at two back-to-back Oireachtas committee hearings on Tuesday

Committee members told by Oireachtas legal advisers the two witnesses are under no obligation to appear

RTÉ pay controversy: RTÉ will have to ‘work hard’ to win back staff trust, journalists’ union says after meeting Kevin Bakhurst

State body had 16 uninsured vehicles on the road at one time and a court case is pending relating to a crash

TDs and Senators don’t necessarily take up posts on committees purely because they care passionately about the subject at hand. They also do it for the chance to be on the TV news

Substantial change is needed at RTÉ, says Public Accounts Committee chairman

Criticism of the PAC committee dealing with RTÉ's handling of payments to Ryan Tubridy

Barter account details show nearly €5,000 spent on Havaiana flip flops and €2,000 on balloons for summer parties in 2016

Broadcaster defends use of ‘entirely legitimate’ accounts in letter to Oireachtas Media Committee

Retired solicitor comments on a recent PAC session and how it was conducted

Broadcaster says three additional accounts exist, the same type used to make secret payments to Tubridy

Presenter’s contract and all transactions from the RTÉ barter account for 20 years are being sought by Oireachtas committee

What has been revealed in relation to RTÉ over recent days ‘would shame the most extravagant of Celtic Tiger era excesses’, says Sinn Féin TD

Three-pronged review of RTÉ's accounts, governance and contractors announced by Cabinet

Intervention comes after PAC heard claims that RTÉ had ‘slush fund’ for expensive sports and entertainment junkets

Broadcaster faces another week of tumult over misleading statements about presenter’s pay

Catherine Martin will seek approval for external auditors to examine the troubled broadcaster’s books

Pat Leahy: There is a world of serious events happening every day. We may have lost perspective on crisis rocking State broadcaster

Center Parcs announces it will not continue €295,000 sponsorship deal for The Ryan Tubridy Show in another blow for RTÉ

Committee this week got extension of its remit to include RTE

Commissioner says force would only engage if ‘elements of deception or dishonesty in behaviour’

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

Broadcaster’s chairwoman brands €275,000 in spending on corporate hospitality as ‘outrageous’ as Oireachtas scrutinises use of Tubridy hidden payments account to entertain advertisers