Ireland's biggest TV star Ryan Tubridy will be grilled by politicians today, as a secret payments and 'slush fund' scandal threatens the very existence of RTE
Like the BBC, RTE is funded by a TV licence fee . So, in the interest of transparency, it publishes an annual list of its top 10 earners.
RTE - for reasons yet to be determined - agreed to underwrite the deal, so when the carmaker decided not to renew the arrangement after one year, the station paid Tubridy the remaining €150,000 . It was routed through a London-based RTE barter account. €138,000 went on Ireland rugby tickets at the Aviva Stadium. €111,000 was spent on a client trip to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, with expenditure on the Champions League final between Liverpool and Spurs the same year costing €26,000 .
He was responsible for a failed musical that cost RTE €2.2m in losses. Some of the executives' performances before the parliamentary committees have been appalling.
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