Some of RTE’s highest paid presenters were forced to reveal their salaries yesterday and declared they were not involved in secret deals.
It came as Dee Forbes sensationally quit as the national broadcaster’s director general in the midst of the controversial pay deal for outgoing Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy. Ms Forbes, 56, had been suspended last week after it emerged Tubridy has been paid €345,000 more than what RTE had publicly declared.
This has prompted a host of other RTE presenters to reveal what their pay deals are worth. Claire Byrne, 47, was the first to declare her salary insisting to her listeners she was “being honest” about her earnings.
