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# Kevin Bakhurst

This week
26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
Fair City to be scaled back to three episodes a week as RTÉ outlines €10m in cuts for 2024
An initial voluntary exit programme will aim to see 40 staff members leave the broadcaster.
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November 2023
Donohoe reiterates that €40m additional funding conditional on RTÉ reforms being implemented
RTÉ’s reform document committed to salary caps for the broadcasters’ top earners.
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Nov 18th 2023, 5:47 PM
Willie O'Reilly: Promising that no one at RTÉ will earn as much as the DG is pure grandstanding
The former group commercial director of RTÉ says Bakhurst has had to do a Faustian deal to get government funding, but it’s hard to see how it will work.
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Nov 15th 2023, 3:00 PM
'I think it is only right' that no-one in RTÉ should earn more than DG, media minister says
Cost savings plans at the organisation include a salary cap of €250,000.
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Nov 15th 2023, 1:38 PM
Emma O'Kelly on RTÉ's new strategy: 'If that's modernising well, it's a modernising I don't agree with'
Staff are concerned that RTÉ’s new plan will promote a ‘gig economy’ and ultimately harm the creative sector.
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Nov 14th 2023, 7:32 PM
'No one will earn more than the DG': Bakhurst outlines voluntary redundancies and salary caps at RTÉ
Staff were briefed on the plans at a meeting with RTÉ management this afternoon.
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Nov 14th 2023, 4:45 PM
Government approves €56 million bailout for RTÉ, subject to conditions
The bailout includes €16 million already approved by the Government in this year’s budget.
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Nov 14th 2023, 2:00 PM
RTÉ u-turns on their request to provide Kelly-Forbes note to PAC in private
RTÉ has provided the documents to the committee today which were discussed during a private session.
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Nov 10th 2023, 9:18 PM
PAC refuse RTÉ's request to bring Kelly-Forbes note to committee in private
The committee’s chair, TD Brian Stanley, said this is PAC’s “final decision” on the matter.
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Nov 9th 2023, 10:56 PM
Jump in listeners for Ryan Tubridy's old radio slot, latest JNLR figures show
RTÉ has been plunged into crisis in recent months over an ongoing pay scandal.
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Nov 9th 2023, 12:34 PM
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2023
RTÉ Chief Financial Officer Richard Collins resigns from national broadcaster
Director-General Kevin Bakhurst confirmed the resignation to staff today.
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Oct 11th 2023, 1:09 PM
RTÉ suspends tender for Fair City promotional photography citing spending freeze
The public broadcaster cited the newly announced freeze on hiring and discretionary spending as reason for pausing the tender process.
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Sep 17th 2023, 2:19 PM
Montrose site: Taoiseach says RTÉ relocating would carry costs
Some politicians have called for RTÉ to consider selling the site amid ongoing financial woes at the State broadcaster.
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Sep 14th 2023, 4:05 PM
Ryan Tubridy and RTÉ in ‘dispute’ over contract, director general says
Director General Kevin Bakhurst and other officials are appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee this afternoon.
DG Kevin Bakhurst, who assumed the role eight weeks ago, also said he is "stopping all discretionary spend to preserve cash"
Bakhurst insisted RTÉ is not on the verge of bankruptcy, but acknowledged the organisation is facing an "extremely challenging financial situation"
The national broadcaster is seeking an additional €34.5 million from government to plug a hole in its finances
RTÉ should consider selling Donnybrook site if it is strapped for cash, says minister
RTÉ chief tells media he 'doesn't want to talk about Ryan anymore' after meeting with Catherine Martin
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Sep 13th 2023, 7:00 PM
'The sacked presenter club’: Piers Morgan ‘excited’ to see what Ryan Tubridy does next
Morgan described Tubridy as ‘Ireland’s biggest TV star’.
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Sep 5th 2023, 3:57 PM
Ryan Tubridy teases ‘new beginning’ and tells followers to ‘stay tuned for more’
In a cryptic Instagram post this morning, Tubridy shared a video of a seaside accompanied by Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Don’t Stop’.
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Aug 23rd 2023, 10:29 AM
New host and logo, shorter run-time, but no sponsor: The return of The Late Late Show
Co Down man Patrick Kielty will present his first Late Late Show on 15 September.
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Aug 21st 2023, 11:37 AM
The statement that cost Ryan Tubridy his job at RTE
Tubridy had apologised for not calling attention to the fact that his published earnings did not align with the money he actually received.
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Aug 18th 2023, 1:59 PM
Bakhurst says Tubridy was 'shocked and disappointed' after contract negotiations terminated
On the prospect of Tubridy taking legal action over the termination of his contract, Bakhurst said it was “always a risk”.
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Aug 18th 2023, 11:03 AM
Tubridy was due to return to RTE on €170,000 in September, says Bakhurst
Tubridy, who was the highest earner at the national broadcaster, has been off air since 22 June.
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Aug 18th 2023, 8:01 AM
RTÉ needs to show it has 'changed significantly', says new chief Kevin Bakhurst
Bakhurst said the broadcaster needs to keep ‘downward pressure’ on presenters’ pay.
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Jul 16th 2023, 11:02 AM
New RTÉ chief wants decision on Ryan Tubridy's future with broadcaster by end of month
RTÉ has been engulfed in controversy since it admitted it had underdeclared the star presenter’s earnings.
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Jul 15th 2023, 9:43 AM
RTÉ's new boss orders review of exit packages after confusion over lack of sign-off
The Public Accounts Committee was told a package for former RTÉ chief financial Officer Breda O’Keeffe was not signed off by the full executive board.
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Jul 14th 2023, 7:52 AM
Kevin Bakhurst commissions external review of RTÉ's voluntary exit schemes in 2017 and 2021
The voluntary redundancy package that former RTÉ CFO Breda O’Keeffe availed of was not signed off by other executive board members.
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Jul 13th 2023, 7:06 PM
RTÉ executive denies misleading parliamentary committee on knowledge of Ryan Tubridy deal
Interim deputy director general Adrian Lynch insisted he had been ‘completely truthful’ in his evidence to the Public Accounts Committee.
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Jul 13th 2023, 3:07 PM
RTÉ restates stance that Tubridy's contract is 'at an end' amid confusion over what he's to be paid
Represetives for Ryan Tubridy dispute that his current contract has expired.
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Jul 13th 2023, 2:40 PM
RTÉ Board and Executive back before the Public Accounts Committee
Director General Kevin Bakhurst faced questions from TDs and Senators on the controversy for the first time.
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Jul 13th 2023, 12:45 PM
Bakhurst: 'Not appropriate' for Dave Fanning to compare Tubridy hearing to 'Nuremberg trial'
Fanning has since apologised “unreservedly” for the comment.
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Jul 13th 2023, 12:31 PM
Bakhurst: RTÉ payments controversy 'one of the most shameful episodes in organisation's history'
The new director general of RTÉ will appear before the Public Accounts Committee today.
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Jul 13th 2023, 7:20 AM
New RTÉ boss says Tubridy's pay is an 'ongoing discussion with his agent'
When asked if he expected more controversies to be revealed from RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst said he ‘suspects there’s more to come’.
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Jul 10th 2023, 5:06 PM
Reintroducing Kevin Bakhurst: the man taking the reins for his second rodeo at RTÉ
Kevin Bakhurst returns to RTÉ with the broadcaster under more pressure than ever before.
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Jul 10th 2023, 3:56 PM
RTÉ's executive board stood down, new interim team confirmed to include four ex-board members
New RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst this afternoon announced the new interim leadership team that will continue running the organisation.
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Jul 10th 2023, 2:07 PM
In full: Kevin Bakhurst's email to RTÉ staff on his first day as Director-General
In the email, Bakhurst stood down the entire executive board, announced a review of pay, and called for a ‘cultural change’ in RTÉ.
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Jul 10th 2023, 8:18 AM
It is 'time for action', Kevin Bakhurst says ahead of first day as RTÉ director-general
Bakhurst is expected to publicly outline his plans to “restore trust” in RTÉ on his first day in the role tomorrow.
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Jul 9th 2023, 2:14 PM
NUJ says new RTÉ DG Kevin Bakhurst has committed to meeting staff 'around the country'
Minister Harris today said that it is up to Bakhurst to ‘step up to the plate’ next week.
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Jul 7th 2023, 1:09 PM
Taoiseach says he will keep paying his TV license fee and the public should too
TD Paul Murphy is predicting large numbers of angry viewers will refuse to pay the license fee.
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Jul 6th 2023, 6:00 PM
RTÉ's incoming director general will carry out full 'reconstitution' of executive board
Kevin Bakhurst is to assume the role on 10 July.
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Jun 29th 2023, 4:23 PM
An Post boss says he is no longer in the running for RTÉ director general role
The An Post CEO said that ongoing speculation surrounding the vacancy is damaging for An Post, RTÉ, and ‘those involved’.
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Apr 16th 2023, 1:52 PM
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RTÉ's deputy director general Kevin Bakhurst to leave for UK regulator job
Bakhurst was acting director-general for a time, but lost out on the permanent position in the role.
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Aug 3rd 2016, 1:44 PM
The RTE news was delayed for 10 minutes when tech gremlins struck...
Which meant reading the news via script. Eileen Dunne handled things like a pro though…
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