The Government is set to green light an auditor to examine RTE’s finances – just as the Public Accounts Committee warned it plans to continue inviting witnesses to testify before the panel.
Coalition chiefs also played down reports of hundreds of redundancies and a sell-off of 2FM amid the ongoing crisis over secret payments to Ryan Tubridy.
Minister of State Ossian Smyth said yesterday the external review process is expected to take months and would include interim reports.
