A political row is brewing over Employment Minister Simon Coveney’s failure to disclose his brother’s exit package from RTÉ, or to urge him to do so and to attend committee hearings.
A political row is brewing over Employment Minister Simon Coveney’s failure to disclose his brother’s exit package from RTÉ, or to urge him to do so and to attend committee hearings.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has sharply criticised a “culture of arrogance” and “entitlement” at RTÉ as it was revealed yesterday that the executive responsible for the Toy Story The Musical debacle left with a golden handshake of around €200,000.
Media Minister Catherine Martin wants to bring RTÉ under the remit of the State’s auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), as part of reforms at the broadcaster but the Coalition remains at odds over how to fund the station.