The disclosure of an email to Ryan Tubridy’s agent has undermined attempts by senior RTE executives to distances themselves from the payments controversy, parliamentarians have been told.
Agent Noel Kelly described the email to him from former RTE chief financial officer Breda O’Keeffe as a “shocking revelation” that directly contradicted the claim that ex-director general Dee Forbes had done a “solo run” by agreeing to underwrite a 75,000-euro-a-year deal involving RTE, Tubridy and Renault.
