In a statement, Forbes said she feels that the RTÉ Board has not treated her with 'anything approaching the levels of fairness, equity and respect that anyone should expect as an employee, a colleague or a person'.
The RTÉ Board said that Tubridy was paid over €300,000 more during this time than initially declared. It then issued an apology over the matter, describing it as"a serious breach of trust with the public".from her employment on Wednesday, 21 June.
"As Director General, I led the discussions with the agent for Ryan Tubridy together with other RTÉ senior executives. We were keen to make a cost saving for RTÉ in respect of a contractual payment which was due to be paid. At the same time, we were attempting to retain Ryan Tubridy’s services as a valued presenter and negotiate a new contract, with the agreed 15% cost-cutting target in mind.
"The commercial partner agreed to this new business relationship with Ryan Tubridy, but they required the change to be cost neutral, as they were in the final year of a three-year sponsorship contract and this was done by issuing a credit note for €75k against their airtime. She also stated that her statement was only directed to the events of 2020-2022, explaining:"I understand from media reports and RTÉ’s statement that the Board has raised questions concerning payments to Ryan Tubridy between 2017-2019.Advertisement
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