Questions remain about how RTÉ values the people who work for it

Mon May 18 2026 - 14:37 • 4 MIN READThere is definitely something of the farce about the fresh controversy over RTÉ presenter payments. Photograph: Alan Betson It would be pushing it to describe the 2023 Tubridy scandal as a tragedy, but there is definitely something of the farce about the fresh controversy over RTÉ presenter payments which has been greeted in some quarters as its sorry sequel. Last week’s decision to reclassify Derek Mooney from producer to presenter in the broadcaster’s annual earnings disclosure was greeted with a refrain of “Here we are yet again.

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Questions remain about how RTÉ values the people who work for it

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