It is "impossible" for Ryan Tubridy to come back to Irish airwaves for now, RTE's Interim Director General Adrian Lynch has said.
When asked by Senator Shane Cassels if Tubridy will be back on air during the Oireachtas Media Committee committee meeting, Mr Lynch answered that right now "for editorial reasons it is impossible for Ryan Tubridy to be back on air". And when asked if he will ever be back, Mr Lynch repeated: "I would just say, for editorial reasons he is not on air at the moment."
Mr Lynch is one of the seven RTE executives appearing before the Oireachtas Committee today to address the Ryan Tubridy payment scandal. This comes after RTE announced negotiations with Tubridy for his radio slot had been "paused" amid the payments controversy.
