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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.
There’s an old adage in entertainment: always enter a story late and exit early. Its intention is to bring an audience into a story just before something dramatic happens and get them out before you lose them.
Public projects funded by taxpayers need to be productive, cost effective and delivered on time. So the news yesterday that the final bill for the National Children’s Hospital – originally estimated at €800m – will come in at €2.2bn may cause blood pressure to rise.
Chair of the Oireachtas Media Committee Niamh Smyth has pleaded to former RTÉ director general Dee Forbes and the numerous other former board members who did not attend today’s meeting to make themselves available.
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.