RTÉ's Leadership Team to Appear Before Media Committee

RTÉ's leadership team to appear before media committee

RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst will lead a delegation of the broadcaster's leadership team to Leinster House, where they will be appearing before the Oireachtas Committee on Media.

RTE DG Kevin Bakhurst to be grilled on botched HR project at Media Committee

In his opening statement, Mr Bakhurst will say the project was “too ambitious”

‘I’m not afraid to ask the hard questions’ – Fine Gael senator and former RTÉ presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn will quiz former bosses

Senator Evanne Ní Chuilinn has said she is not afraid to ask her former employer RTÉ tough questions when the national broadcaster appears before the Media Committee today.

Kevin Bakhurst said he was ‘infuriated’ by reaction to RTE newsroom promo

RTE director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he was ‘infuriated’ by the reaction to the filming of a promotional clip. He said the cost of filming the promo came out of RTE’s annual two million euro marketing budget and cost less than 100,000 euro. ‘A significant amount of the press coverage has been totally inaccurate about it,’ he told TDs and Senators at committee. RTE director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he was ‘infuriated’ by the reacti…