Kevin Bakhurst is expected to publicly outline his plans to ‘restore trust’ in the national broadcaster
Kevin Bakhurst, the new Director-General from Monday, expressed his “sincere thanks to Rory for his significant contribution to public service media during his time in RTÉ.”
Senator Malcolm Byrne, who is a member of the Oireachtas Media Committee, has called on the Government to move RTÉ to a publisher broadcaster model where it is would fund news, current affairs, certain sport and documentariesMr Byrne said RTÉ should be funded from general taxation and the licence fee should be abolished.
The RTÉ controversy will remain headline news this week ahead of an appearance by Mr Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly at two committees on Tuesday.Mr Bakhurst is expected to publicly outline his plans to “restore trust” in RTÉ on his first day in the role. “I am very reassured in what he has said to Government and it’s important that he be allowed to set out those plans on Monday and to talk to staff first and then to inform the wider nation about those changes, and he’s going to make them quickly.”
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