Patrick Kielty’s salary as Late Late host could be made public as early as tomorrow, as it emerged he is not opposed to the idea.
It comes after Fianna Fail TD Niamh Smyth questioned the RTE board yesterday on how soon they will be making the Northern Irishman’s salary public ahead of his debut hosting the Friday night chat show in September. Adrian Lynch, RTE acting Deputy Director General, said: “There’s third parties to that deal. It would depend on the other party. If Mr Kielty is satisfied with it, we can then publish it.”
Sources last night revealed that Kielty was not opposed to his salary being made public. Meanwhile, Lynch revealed Kielty was recently informed of the issue around Ryan Tubridy’s pay. At a lengthy committee meeting yesterday, he said: “As soon as we were aware as an exec board, he was warned it was coming.”
