RTÉ director general resigns after controversy over undisclosed payments
, Ms Forbes said she had "engaged with and consistently co-operated with the processes directed towards answering questions surrounding payments to Ryan Tubridy".
"As director general, I am the person ultimately accountable for what happens within the organisation and I take that responsibility seriously," she added.Mr Tubridy recently stood down as the host of RTÉ One's The Late Late Show, Ireland's longest-running TV chat show, with Northern Ireland comedian Patrick Kielty announced as his replacement.The Late Late Show is considered the second longest-running late-night talk show in the world, after the Tonight Show in the US.
Mr Tubridy also hosts a weekday show on RTÉ Radio One, but has not been on air since the controversy surrounding payments made to him arose.The payments made to Mr Tubridy were uncovered after the company's auditors alerted the board to some of the transactions.She had been due to step down in July. In her statement this morning, Ms Forbes said that she felt the RTÉ board had not treated her with "anything approaching the levels of fairness, equity and respect that anyone should expect as an employee, a colleague or a person".The Irish broadcaster has been invited to appear before the Oireachtas media committee on Wednesday.Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said Ms Forbes should appear before the committees.
Speaking after her resignation, Mr Martin told reporters in Luxembourg that the former director general would have knowledge of the entire situation and would be in position to clarify issues to the committee.The National Union of Journalists at RTÉ welcomed the announcement and said any review must be transparent and done in a timely manner.
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