Oireachtas media committee appeared strongly suspicious that they were not hearing the full story about spending at the national broadcaster
Miriam Lord: A terrible day for the RTÉ team, thoroughly demolished by the PAC and with a rematch on the cardsUnfortunately, the Talent normally used to blow up the balloons – because they are good at that – but were all either subcontracted by their agents to other duties or collecting their diplomatic credentials at car dealerships.And, true to form, they blew up the flip-flops and stood on the balloons. Public Accounts Committee please note.
By Wednesday morning, following a late-night dump of documents from management in Montrose, the media was breathlessly reporting one Batter Account bombshell after another as journalists combed through the spreadsheets.Former director general Moya Doherty did what she did on her last appearance and beamed beatifically at all around her in a most disconcerting fashion
Barely asked for a comment during the entire meeting, which dragged on for nearly six hours, she sat motionless and looked inscrutably into the room; long black hair, arms across her chest, one elbow resting on the side of a chair. Like the Mona Lisa. He had extra-large sheets of printed paper on his desk with various rows of figures and explanatory notes highlighted in different colours.
“We tried to create something that’s unique to every Irish family at Christmas,” said director of strategy Rory Coveney.In the most compelling moment of a session which far too often ploughed over old ground, the executive seemed on the verge of snapping under some very personalised pressure Geraldine O’Leary appeared increasingly fragile in the face of her onslaught, with the TD for Louth cutting her off as she repeatedly tried to explain how a batter/barter account works.
He gave a version of the joke usually applied to a comedian, telling the witnesses that they all laughed at his accent last week but they’re not laughing now.
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