RTÉ crisis: Day of drama as Forbes resigns and top presenters reveal earnings

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Controversy stemming from secret payments to Ryan Tubridy appears to be worsening as week of hearings dawns

She stressed in her statement that she “did not at any stage act contrary to any advice” and was fiercely critical of the board’s approach to her since the controversy erupted.

Despite her resignation, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Tánaiste Micheál Martin were among the senior politicians to express the view that Ms Forbes should appear before Oireachtas committees scheduled to discuss the controversy later this week although it remains unclear if she will do so. He wanted to know “who came up with this idea, who designed it, who put that backup system in place despite these powerful accounts, who had oversight and who knew about it?”

The RTÉ board announced that it would be releasing a “comprehensive statement setting out its understanding of the circumstances surrounding the misstating of Ryan Tubridy’s earnings across the 2020-2022 period” on Tuesday. “And so in order to be fully transparent with you here today I want you to know that my RTÉ fee now is €280,000 and that fee was agreed for presenting this program and that last contract was negotiated by Noel Kelly.

 

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