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The Explainer
The Explainer
30 Jun 2023
What does the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal mean for the future of RTÉ?
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Eileen Culloty, assistant professor in the School of Communications at DCU, and Rónán Duffy, Assistant News Editor at The Journal, join us on this week's episode to look at the latest scandal to hit RTÉ. The revelations around overpayments of the station's top star, Ryan Tubridy have rippled through the halls of power and onto the country's airwaves, causing untold damage to the reputation of the public service broadcaster. How exactly did the payments come about? Will Tubridy be back on air? And what does it mean for the future of RTÉ?The Explainer is brought to you by The Journal. Providing open access to valuable journalism in Ireland has been the aim of The Journal for a decade. You can contribute to ensure we can keep questioning, investigating, debunking, explaining and informing at www.thejournal.ie/contribute/