RTE’S former London Correspondent was forced to use cafe toilets to record her voice for TV and radio packages after the broadcaster closed its office in the English capital.
Veteran journalist Fiona Mitchell, who was based in the UK between 2015 and 2019, used eateries around the city to work. But it emerged earlier today, the station has been forking out thousands of euro for membership at the exclusive members-only Soho House in London.
NUJ Broadcasting Branch Chair Emma O Kelly slammed the revelation and said: “We are hearing about RTE paying for the use of a private members club in London. “Meanwhile, RTE’s former London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell was forced to use cafes around that city as an office to report on Brexit because RTE had given up its office in London.
“Fiona was forced to use toilet facilities in cafes as a quiet space to record her voice for TV and radio reports.” Meanwhile, the secretary of the NUJ has said the decision not to cut Ryan Tubridy’s pay while other employees had their salaries slashed showed there was an “apartheid system” within RTE.
