'On Sunday, Mr Coveney announced he has decided to quit, believing that it would be better if the station’s new Director General Kevin Bakhurst has a “fresh team” in his new role.'
RTE’s Director of Strategy Rory Coveney has announced he has quit just days after he faced intense public scrutiny over the handling of taxpayers' money.
READ MORE: Toy Show the Musical wasn't a 'commercial success', admits RTE boss - but it still hasn't been scrapped Mr Bakhurst said: “I want to express my sincere thanks to Rory for his significant contribution to public service media during his time in RTÉ. He came under fire last week at the committee meeting into RTE payments about his role in Toy Show The Musical.
It has been revealed the musical made just €495,961 in revenue against costs of €2,699,193. In total, the project made a loss of €2,203,231 as revealed by RTE to the Oireachtas media committee on Wednesday. Asked again if they were told by anyone not to produce the musical, Mr Coveney said: “No, I mean we were aware of the risks.”
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