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Media Minister Catherine Martin has propelled herself into the heart of the RTÉ pay scandal after launching an unprecedented war of words with the public broadcaster’s board.
The Six-Day War in June 1967, when Israel’s tanks drove across the Sinai desert, taking Egypt’s tanks in their sand bunkers in the first defence line by surprise and defeating the second and third defence lines, was described at the time by military historians as brilliant and audacious.
How did Media Minister Catherine Martin get it all so terribly wrong? She sacked the wrong person for the wrong offence at the wrong time.
RTÉ has been plunged into another major crisis after board chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh dramatically resigned.
In the space of a week, the vexed conversation on RTÉ payouts has moved on from “golden handshakes” to “golden handcuffs”. The latest legal advice suggests publication of information on the generous exit packages for former executives could breach contractual rights. The station could find itself mired in legal challenges.