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New RTÉ boss says pay scandal involving top TV presenter ‘shameful’

Kevin Bakhurst says actions taken to rebuild trust after public misled over Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy’s pay

The scandal around the pay of Ireland’s top TV presenter is “one of the most shameful and damaging episodes” in RTÉ’s history, the new director general of the Irish public broadcaster has told a parliamentary committee.

Just four days into his new job, Kevin Bakhurst, a former BBC and Ofcom executive, has found himself at the centre of a storm over under-declared pay for the Late Late Show host, Ryan Tubridy.

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