The director general of RTÉ, Dee Forbes, has resigned after revelations presenter Ryan Tubridy was paid more than had been published in the Irish broadcaster's earnings reports RTE
, Ms Forbes said she had "engaged with and consistently co-operated with the processes directed towards answering questions surrounding payments to Ryan Tubridy".
"As director general, I am the person ultimately accountable for what happens within the organisation and I take that responsibility seriously," she added.Mr Tubridy recently stood down as the host of RTÉ One's The Late Late Show, Ireland's longest-running TV chat show, with Northern Ireland comedian Patrick Kielty announced as his replacement.The Late Late Show is considered the second longest-running late-night talk show in the world, after the Tonight Show in the US.
Mr Tubridy also hosts a weekday show on RTÉ Radio One, but has not been on air since the controversy surrounding payments made to him arose.The payments made to Mr Tubridy were uncovered after the company's auditors alerted the board to some of the transactions.She had been due to step down in July. In her statement this morning, Ms Forbes said that she felt the RTÉ board had not treated her with "anything approaching the levels of fairness, equity and respect that anyone should expect as an employee, a colleague or a person".The Irish broadcaster has been invited to appear before the Oireachtas media committee on Wednesday.An independent external review of corporate governance at the station will also take place.
The National Union of Journalists at RTÉ welcomed the announcement and said any review must be transparent and done in a timely manner.
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