Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has admitted that top presenter Ryan Tubridy was paid hundreds of thousands more euros between a period of five years than was previously declared.
was paid hundreds of thousands more euros between a period of five years than was previously declared.
RTÉ board chairwoman Siun Ni Raghallaigh said: ‘This is a matter of profound regret for the board of RTÉ. We are well aware that this is a serious breach of trust with the public. ‘Once these issues came to light, we acted expeditiously to establish the facts and we are confident that the safeguards we have now put in place will ensure that nothing like this will happen again, and that good corporate governance is adhered to at all times.’
The press release published by the company explained that a review investigated a ‘separate agreement under which Mr Tubridy was guaranteed by RTÉ an additional annual income of €75,000 [£64,477] which was intended to come from a commercial partner’.
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