The statement also said that Ms Forbes 'has not had the opportunity to respond' to the details set out in this new statement and 'may therefore challenge or disagree with our understanding and position.'
Ex-RTE Director General Dee Forbes was the only person who could have known that Ryan Tubridy's published salary was wrong over the last five years in RTE, according to a bombshell statement from interim RTE Director General Adrian Lynch.
"Input regarding the services required, such as, programming and commitments to hours of broadcasting would typically be provided by the relevant editorial lead – the Director of Content or the Director of News and Current Affairs and the Director of Audience Channels and Marketing. The findings found: "The Grant Thornton review makes no finding of wrongdoing on the part of Ryan Tubridy in relation to any payments made by RTÉ.But Grant Thornton said invoices for €75,000 each on 9 May 2022 and 6 July 2022, were sent by Noel Kelly, Tubridy's agent, sent to the Barter Company.
D'Arcy, who was paid €450,000 back in 2019, then earned fees of €305,000 in 2020 and 2021, and now earns €250,000 per year. The broadcaster said he signed a four-year contract in 2019, and this year agreed to a two-year extension with the “exact same conditions, no changes and no increases". “I love RTE – it’s a wonderful place to work, full of superb people who work very hard and conscientiously every day to deliver good programmes.“All we can do as journalists now, is cover this story as rigorously as we cover every other story.
She said: “I hope you can trust me,” she said on her radio show on RTE Radio 1, adding that she realised this is an amount “way beyond what many people would hope to earn”."My most recent published fee was €350,000. This was the fee agreed by RTÉ, for me to present this radio programme and Claire Byrne Live and as you know, I decided not to continue with that television show for personal and family reasons," she said.
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