'The committees have been almost shockingly watchable, morbidly entertaining, and a grand unifying experience for almost all Irish people regardless of political persuasion. A sort of Italia ’90, but for poor corporate governance.'
WHEN IT COMES to wrapping up the news, Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire is something of a benchmark.
I can sympathise because a lot happened this week. More specifically, a lot of one particular thing happened. The committees have nevertheless been almost shockingly watchable, morbidly entertaining, and a grand unifying experience for almost all Irish people regardless of political persuasion. A sort of Italia ’90, but for poor corporate governance.
Director of Commercial Geraldine O’Leary was quizzed on her use of the barter account, which included a trip to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Economic correspondent and elected board member Robert Shortt painted a picture of a staff-at-large that sees no such benefits, joking that the “company car” for most employees was the “RTÉ Guide”.
The incoming Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty magnanimously agreed to wave €50,000 expense account on top of his €250,000 base salary, and has asked RTÉ to “carbon offset” the 180 flights he will take between London and Dublin over the course of his contract. Presumably RTÉ will be able to find space in their budget for some seeds and a watering can.
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