RTÉ IT system write-down like 'groundhog day'

RTÉ under fire for IT flop and ‘fake’ promo

Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ is facing intense scrutiny as senior executives are being grilled over a string of controversies, including a €3.6 million IT system write-off and a heavily criticised promo video filmed with actors and props in its newsroom. Staff say the campaign misrepresents reality, while politicians question whether RTÉ has learned anything from 2023’s pay scandal. Source

RTÉ IT system write-down like 'groundhog day'

Culture change continues to elude RTÉ as committee hears of €900,000 overspend

Today’s revelation of an IT overspend of €900,000 by RTÉ shows that lack of transparency and mismanagement continue to plague the national broadcaster, according to Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney. Deputy Gibney, who is the party’s spokesperson on arts and the media, said: “Just weeks after it emerged RTÉ had to write-down €3.6 million due to a partly failed IT project, we learn today of another waste of money at the station in recent years. “…