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April 2025
Latest tweak to central contract funding might not be enough to address imbalance
From August 2026 the four provinces will be responsible for 40% of the cost of national player contracts.
Last year
2024
Top earners list: Tubridy earned over half a million euro in his last full year working for RTÉ
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Gary Lineker tops list of highest-paid BBC presenters sixth year in a row
Boris Johnson tops list of UK MPs with biggest outside earnings
117 RTÉ staff members earned over €100,000 in basic salary last year
'Unjustifiable gap' between CEO pay and average worker earnings criticised in new report
Match of the Day pair Lineker and Shearer among the BBC's top earners
Taylor Swift tops Forbes celebrity rich list making $170 million in 2016
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Forbes lists the 25 richest musicians in 2012
Top earners see 8% increase in disposable income: CSO
RTÉ stars could have salaries cut by 30 per cent