Eager punters gathered in several of Dublin city’s pubs at lunchtime to watch the grilling of RTE star Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly by the Public Accounts Committee.
And it was a first for the pubs to switch their normal sports channels to the live proceedings of one of the most anticipated parliamentary hearings on Oireachtas TV - with one publican admitting he struggled to actually locate the channel. The under fire RTE presenter, who is the station’s top earner, and his agent were being quizzed earlier over the secret payments controversy.
Paul Mangan, owner of Devitts bar on Dublin ’s Camden Street said he decided to show the grilling of RTE star Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly by the Public Accounts Committee due to demand from punters.
