Industry insiders give their opinion on RTÉ: ‘There is generally a failure of imagination and innovation’

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'Time and time again I hear of talented writers and performers having to take their stuff elsewhere as RTÉ do not have the resources, time slots or inclination to take new scripts and ideas and nurture and just make them!' says actor Siobhán McSweeney

Broadcasters and other interested parties give their opinions on the national institution and its futureRTÉ is in trouble. Like most terrestrial broadcasters it faces falling audiences, increased competition from streamers and reducing income. RTÉ wants some form of licence fee reform.

Give them a budget to operate against and focus that on public-service content. That €200 million [could] become €120 million, and then give the €80 million to regional organisations, newspapers and other media organisations to do other things with.Ed Guiney producer and co-founder of Element Pictures It’s crucial to have an Irish PSB [public-service broadcaster] reflecting the world back to Irish audiences.

I think it does current affairs well. And not just the political dog-eat-dog stuff ... But highlighting homelessness and housing ... I wish they could do more in terms of traditional culture on mainstream RTÉ One and Two.Today Tonight when Brendan O’Brien confronted the General. He confronted him on the street ... When RTÉ does investigative stuff, they don’t always get the credit they deserve.It has to reflect whatever service they want RTÉ to be.

What don’t I like? That we’re still subjected to the Angelus. We’re a modern country where people practice many religions, or none at all, and this is a throwback to entirely different times.The thing that confounds me is how Ireland punches way above its weight with storytellers and comedians, yet that wealth of creative talent isn’t reflected on our national broadcaster.Funding RTÉ directly from the exchequer means we’ll say goodbye toobjective reporting about the government of the day.

 

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Maybe put Ray D'Arcy wages towards decent content instead of showing killinaskully repeats.

RTÉ should be closed down

rte is utter gack. Quality of shows embarrassing and the overpaid 'talent' doing nothing but milking the nepotism. Tubridy? 🤮🤮🤮

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