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Dee Forbes sends medical certificate to PAC to say she is still unfit to appear before them
Dee Forbes
The move came as PAC members considered taking legal action to force her to appear before them at a meeting they held behind closed doors last Tuesday
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PAC wins battle to secure legal note from RTE on Tubridy deal
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A summary of the notes sent to PAC members stated that former RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes would “personally ensure that a portion of the sponsorship will always be apportioned to the individual” during a meeting with Ryan Tubridy's agent.
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'Zero trust': RTE top poll of most complained about organisations after payments scandal
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Customers revealed they had 'zero trust' in the national broadcaster, according to a new report
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RTE refuses to give TDs contract details of three former executives
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Public Accounts Committee chairman Brian Stanley said committee members had received a number of documents this week, but some had been withheld by the national broadcaster.
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TD says it will be 'very difficult' to reach decision on RTE payments scandal without Dee Forbes' evidence
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Fianna Fail’s Paul McAuliffe spoke to Newstalk Breakfast on Tuesday morning following the delivery of a second Grant Thornton report to the RTE board
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Dee Forbes considering legal action against RTE as TD warns against exit payments
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The Louth TD said in any other walk of life if executives paid someone through a barter account and then tried to hide it, there would be serious consequences.
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PAC chairman says blockbuster RTE vs Tubridy committee showdown unlikely to happen
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Sinn Féin’s John Brady suggested that Mr Tubridy and RTÉ chiefs should attend a session at the same time. It came following weeks of contradictions and claims at committees.
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Key points from RTE Oireachtas hearing - 'Inappropriate' remark, 'seven untruths' and Ryan Tubridy's future
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Here are the highlights from today's Dail grilling
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RTE shake-up as new Director General outlines radical plan to save station
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Mr Bakhurst also said he has no problem losing talent to save money at the station
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Dee Forbes wrote to Ryan Tubridy at height of Covid pandemic guaranteeing no RTE pay cut
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The now-former RTE Director General confirmed Tubridy would not receive a pay cut between April 2020 and March 2025
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Govt to send auditor to look at RTE's books as PAC wants Ryan Tubridy for questioning
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Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley, who chairs the PAC – the Oireachtas spending watchdog – also said witnesses may be called in over the summer recess in relation to the payments.
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RTE face PAC over payments scandal LIVE updates as it's revealed thousands spent on rugby and football tickets
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RTE officials faced a gruelling four and a half hour session before the Media Committee yesterday
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RTÉ lambasted for asking Dee Forbes to resign before Oireachtas meeting
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The Oireachtas Media Committee heard that there was a “silo culture” in RTÉ where nothing was questioned if former Director General Dee Forbes signed off on it.
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Taoiseach says it is 'not credible' that only Dee Forbes knew of Tubridy pay arrangement
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Speaking during Leaders' Questions, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that it was not satisfactory that RTÉ have said that a review of 2017-2019 pay arrangements will take four weeks
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RTE at Oireachtas LIVE stream and updates as bosses confirm Patrick Kielty's salary could be published this week
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Former Director General Dee Forbes, who resigned on Monday, confirmed that she would not attend either meeting this week due to poor health
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Explosive committee meetings discussing RTÉ scandal to kick off this morning
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Former RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes told the Oireachtas Media Committee and the Public Accounts Committee that she is not in good enough health to attend meetings this week.
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RTE says ex-Director General Dee Forbes was the only one who could have known Ryan Tubridy's published pay was wrong
Ryan Tubridy
A bombshell report found no illegalities and Ryan Tubridy 'did not do anything wrong' as Dee Forbes is placed in the firing line once more
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'RTE is a dead duck after the Ryan Tubridy pay scandal - the public will never trust it again'
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Tubridy was receiving secret cash payments to the tune of €345,000 via a mysterious account to make up the difference and ensure he wasn't at a financial loss.
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Every RTE star that has confirmed their salary so far in wake of Ryan Tubridy payments scandal
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RTE presenters Miriam O'Callaghan, Joe Duffy and Claire Byrne all revealed their pay on the day Dee Forbes resigned as director general
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RTE statement LIVE updates as broadcaster to further address payments scandal
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Media Minister Catherine Martin will this morning bring proposals to Cabinet for an independent external review into governance and culture at RTÉ
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Dee Forbes accused of 'running from the battlefield' ahead of Oireachtas meetings
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Fianna Fáil TD James O'Connor, who is a member of the Public Accounts Committee, said that Dee Forbes' decision to resign as Director General of RTÉ ahead of a meeting will not do anyone any favours
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Ex-RTE 2FM star Louise McSharry issues two-word response to Dee Forbes' resignation statement
Louise McSharry
On Monday morning, Ms Forbes announced she had resigned as Director General of RTÉ with immediate effect
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Tánaiste Micheál Martin calls on Dee Forbes to appear before Dáil committees
Micheal Martin
The Tanaiste was reacting to the shock resignation of RTE Director General, Ms Forbes, this morning
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Dee Forbes' statement in full as RTE director-general resigns over Ryan Tubridy scandal
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Dee Forbes stepped down after it emerged Ryan Tubridy was paid several hundred thousand euro more than RTE previously declared
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