RTE star Joe Duffy has revealed his salary to listeners as the RTE payments scandal rumbles on.
The Liveline host revealed he gets paid €351,000 with the Ballyfermot native breaking down the costs.
The broadcaster said he gets paid E300,000 for radio, and a further €51,000 for other TV projects he is doing. He is currently hosting the Meaning of Life and previous episodes of Liveline Callback and Children of the Troubles.
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He said on his RTE Radio 1 show: “I’ve never been offered, never rejected, never received, never been involved in any outside… the figures that are on my contract are the exact figures I receive.”
Liveline has been without a sponsor for about a year – with Joe jokingly admitting that no one wants to sponsor his show given that it broadcasts criticism about everyone.
The broadcaster said he signed a four-year contract in 2019, and this year agreed to a two-year extension with the “exact same conditions, no changes and no increases".
He said he only agreed to a four-year contract as he “didn’t know what health I would be in in 2023”, but that RTÉ asked if a clause could be inserted which would give the option of invoking an extra two years.
“I said I would gladly do another two years,” he said.
It comes just hours after Claire Byrne disclosed her salary, saying she never got any “side deal” in her contract.
She said: “My most recent published fee was €350,000. This was the fee agreed by RTÉ, for me to present this radio programme and Claire Byrne Live and as you know, I decided not to continue with that television show for personal and family reasons," she said.
"And so, in order to be fully transparent with you, I want you to know that my RTÉ fee now is €280,000 and that fee is for presenting this programme."
She added that she recently presented the television quiz show, Ireland's Smartest and for that, she was paid a separate fee of €25,000. That contract was negotiated by other members of the NK Management company, she said.
