Former 2FM star Louise McSharry has weighed in on the ongoing RTE drama following the resignation of Director General, Dee Forbes.
On Monday morning, Ms Forbes announced she had resigned as Director General of RTÉ with immediate effect amid the ongoing controversy over the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal.
Louise quote-tweeted Newstalk’s Gavan Reilly, who had taken to social media writing: "Dee Forbes resigns as RTE DG with immediate effect (and says the RTE board 'has not treated me with anything approaching the levels of fairness, equity and respect that anyone should expect as an employee, a colleague or a person')."
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Louise chipped in with: "Sounds familiar."
Last year, Louise criticised RTE bosses in a series of tweets following her departure from the station.
The podcaster wrote: "I was told on Tuesday my contract was not being renewed. I was told they would follow my lead in terms of announcement, but that I needed to keep it a secret in the meantime.
"That day I submitted the statement I planned to release and said I wanted to do it on Friday. The response was very slow, and eventually I was told they wanted me to wait a further week.
"This meant that I would a) have to be alone with this news, b) do my show that weekend and have planning meetings with my team, who were totally unawares, pretending everything was normal.
"And c) I would have had to wait for the inevitable leak to the papers and ended up responding to a story instead of announcing my own departure and managing a difficult situation in the way that felt best to me.
"My team, only two people who worked unbelievably hard to develop my show with me through two of the most difficult years of our collective lives deserved to know. It’s basic respect," she continued.
The Dubliner, who now writes a beauty column, added at the time: "I deserved to seek support from friends and family in such a personally difficult situation. Not forced to be silent ‘in case of leaks’ as I was instructed. I did what I felt was the only option to me, and shared the news in a very respectful manner.
"Clearly this was not in line with whatever announcements or strategy my former boss had in mind, but in this situation I felt it was appropriate to look after myself."
Former 2FM DJ Ruth Scott also recently revealed that being axed on her birthday took her by surprise.
The DJ who had worked with RTE for many years was told she was being let go just weeks after her engagement party to Rob Morgan - the son of Dermot Morgan of Father Ted fame.
