'I hope that you can trust me.'
"I hope that you can trust me."
RTÉ's Claire Byrne revealed her salary live on air on Monday morning as she addressed the ongoing controversy surrounding the reporting of Ryan Tubridy's earnings by the broadcaster.Her comments come after the RTÉ Board last Thursday revealed that Tubridy's annual earnings between 2017 and 2022 had been understated by the broadcaster.The RTÉ Board said that Tubridy was paid over €300,000 more during this time than initially declared.
Returning to her radio programme after having been absent from the show last Thursday and Friday, Byrne stated that her most recently published annual salary of €350,000 is"correct", along with"those published in the past". She explained that she took a €70,000 pay cut when she stepped down from hosting the TV show Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ 1 last year, but confirmed that she is still earning €280,000.Byrne also revealed that she earned a separate €25,000 for hosting the TV quiz show Ireland's Smartest, which ran on RTÉ 1, and that she was sharing these figures in a bid to earn listeners' trust."I acknowledge that fee is significant and way beyond what many people could hope to earn.
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