“I’ve never in my years in media heard of such a setup … It never happened when I was there. Former RTÉ Commercial Director Willie O’Reilly on the Ryan Tubridy pay scandal. BKNT
he had been “utterly shocked” by the pay revelations and called for the decision-making process to be investigated.“There has to be some kind of an internal investigation and there has to be an external independent investigation too… I’ve never in my years in media heard of such a setup - and I was Commercial Director up until 2017.Ryan Tubridy is pictured on set ahead of the RTÉ One The Late Late Show St Patrick's Day Special.
Mr O’Reilly said the arrangement was “highly unusual” and the revelation had already damaged RTÉ’s reputation.“Who thought this was a good idea? In any company of RTÉ’s size, there are a number of risks - finance is one - but reputation is right up there.“You know in a 300 million [budget] organisation, something that cost [75 thousand] a year has now brought huge scrutiny to the organisation [and] questions of financial reporting over five to six years.
“We’re mugs!” - RTÉ paid Ryan Tubridy hundreds of thousands of euro more than it declared to the public or the Oireachtas.
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