Newly released spreadsheets for the RTÉ barter accounts reveal thousands of euro spent on luxury priced goods like flip flops, a private members' club in London and complimentary tickets for corporate boxes at sold out concerts.
NEWLY RELEASED SPREADSHEETS for the RTÉ barter accounts reveal thousands of euro spent on luxury priced goods like flip flops, a private members’ club in London and complimentary tickets for corporate boxes at sold out concerts.
RTÉ has said that it spent €1.6m on client entertainment and corporate hospitality over the last 10 years, most of which appears to have been run through an account known as Astus. Another expense was a €5,000 cost for 200 pairs of Havainas flip flops for a summer party for corporate clients in 2016. Another €9,000 was spent for Aviva Stadium hospitality boxes for Harry Styles, Westlife and The Eagles.
In 2021, there was what was labelled as a “thank you” lunch that cost €2,499 for a client who had provided €20m worth of advertising revenue. A further €21,000 was spent by the state broadcaster on an agency and client summer party at Teelings Distillery in Dublin. They spent €2,161 on balloons for the event.
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