Cash-strapped RTÉ broke its own rules to pay a sizeable golden handshake to a former executive – and has now made another exit deal with a senior manager.
Bryan Dobson is one of the finest interviewers in RTÉ. He has a rule about asking a question three times. His rather sound logic is that when the interviewer asks the same question for the third time, it’s quite obvious to the audience at home that the guest is being evasive. There’s no need to keep on repeating.
In case you haven’t watched it yet, the real star of the Beckham documentary on Netflix is not the pop stars or football personalities who feature throughout. It’s David Beckham’s mother, Sandra, a pragmatic hairdresser who ran a salon from home when she has to quit work to raise her kids.