Pressure was last night mounting on RTE to give gardai access to its books as the Rural Independents Group declared: "Bring in the fraud squad."
Mattie McGrath TD called on Justice Minister Helen McEntee to direct the Garda’s National Economic Crime Bureau to probe senior RTE executives for "potential fraud".
It follows a week of revelations including €345,000 in secret payments to Ryan Tubridy to top up his salary, and, separately, a €1.25million "slush fund" used for RTE junkets and perks.
