A fresh statement has been released this afternoon.
Ryan Tubridy has issued a fresh statement following the fallout of the RTÉ payments controversy that hasThe former Late Late Show host said that he wished to"apologise unreservedly" for failing to question the discrepancies between his published and actual salary, which amounted to a difference of €345,000 over a period of several years.
"While I have no responsibility for the corporate governance in RTÉ or how or what they publish in their accounts, when my earnings were published I should have asked questions at the time and sought answers as to the circumstances which resulted in incorrect figures being published. I didn't and I bear responsibility for my failure to do so. For this I apologise unreservedly.
"At the centre of all of this is trust. The trust of colleagues in RTÉ and the trust of a great many people who listen to my show. To them: I wholeheartedly apologise for my error of judgement." Ryan Tubridy has issued a new statement in relation payments made to him by RTÉ between 2017 and 2022 "When my earnings were published I should have asked questions... I didn’t, and I bear responsibility for my failure to do so. For this, I apologise unreservedly."
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