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A decision on the future funding of public service broadcasting cannot be delayed much further. Very soon the Government has to make a call to either continue to fund it in part by a compulsory licence fee or come up with an alternative method of funding.

Geri Lavrov/Getty ImagesWilliam “Bill” Post, the Michigan man widely credited with inventing Pop-Tarts for the Kellogg’s breakfast food company, died on Saturday, according to an online obituary. He was 96.Post lived a life of “legendary accomplishments,” though the man himself would likely have downplayed the one for which he was best known, according to the obituary. He enjoyed retelling the story of how the Pop-Tart came to be, however, and would always brin...

Members of the RTÉ board are appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee.

Photogenic Deputy Gould pushes for TV licence to be scrapped as part of SF’s latest policy scorcher

RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst today revealed Ms Breda O’Keeffe – the former chief financial officer – was paid €450,000 as an exit package when she left RTÉ.

RTE director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he pulled ads for the TV licence from other broadcasting platforms as he thought it would be “inappropriate” to demand people to pay the fee in the middle of the RTE scandal.

Members of the RTÉ board are appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee.

Members of the RTÉ board are appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee.

Members of the RTÉ board are appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee.

Breda O’Keeffe’s payout signed off by former director general Dee Forbes but not brought to executive board before approval