Martin will meet RTÉ chairwoman Siun Ni Raghallaigh later for a face-to-face that was originally planned to take place on Monday.
THE CHAIRWOMAN OF RTÉ will meet Media Minister Catherine Martin later today as the national broadcaster reels from the controversy over the misreporting of the salary of its highest paid presenter.
RTÉ apologised as it admitted that between 2017 and 2022, Tubridy received a series of payments totalling €345,000 above his annual published salary.Yesterday, the director general of RTÉ Dee Forbes was suspended and the National Union of Journalists called for a wide independent inquiry into the broadcaster’s corporate governance.
Tubridy has “apologised unreservedly” for not asking questions when RTE published incorrect figures for his earnings.
He said Ni Raghallaigh will be asked to set out in detail, the issues involved and the steps the RTE Board is taking.
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