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 €300,000 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.
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.
Duffy 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.
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“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. 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.
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