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France has enough electricity to last the winter despite cold snap

France will not have electricity worries this winter – even in the face of a cold snap like the one hitting the country this week. Last winter coal-fired plants had to be reactivated in the face of shortages.

Radio France Internationale

Huge fire breaks out at Galway hotel before asylum seekers were set to move in

A criminal damage investigation has been launched after the blaze at the Ross Lake House hotel in County Galway at around 11.35pm on Saturday

The Independent UK

Irish ambassador called to Israeli ministry in ‘overreaction’ to Varadkar remark

Leo Varadkar said an ‘an innocent child who was lost has now been found’ after Hamas released nine-year-old Irish-Israeli hostage Emily Hand.

The Independent UK

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Israel reprimanding Irish ambassador ‘bit of an overreaction’, minister says

Irish premier Leo Varadkar had been accused of attempting to normalise terror.

The Independent UK

Patrick Kielty says hosting Toy Show ‘a massive honour’ as theme revealed

Ryan Tubridy and Kielty have wished each other well in their new roles.

The Independent UK

Violent protests in Dublin after children injured in knife attack

Police say they have not ruled out any motive behind stabbing incident, and warn against spread of ‘misinformation’.

Al Jazeera

Clashes In Dublin After Children Injured In Suspected Stabbing

Protesters in Dublin on Thursday torched a car and fought police, an AFP journalist reported, after three children were injured in a suspected school stabbing that social media rumours attributed to a foreign national.

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Media minister welcomes 250,000 euro cap on RTE salaries

Catherine Martin said a unit would be set up within her department to oversee the allocation of funding for the broadcaster.

The Independent UK

Irish criticism of Israel not harming bid to get citizens out of Gaza – Martin

Around 35-40 Irish passport holders remained in the territory on Sunday.

The Independent UK

RTE is not going bankrupt, director general insists

The broadcaster continues to grapple with the fall in licence fee revenue following a string of controversies.

The Independent UK

Ryan Tubridy and RTE in ‘dispute’ over contract, director general says

Kevin Bakhurst said the broadcaster was of the view that it did not owe its former star presenter any money.

The Independent UK

RTE introduces recruitment freeze as licence fee revenues slump

Ireland’s national broadcaster has been engulfed in controversy since the summer.

The Independent UK

Media minister defends her response to RTE payments scandal

Catherine Martin, who has faced criticism for not appearing before media in recent weeks, said she had been dealing with a family matter.

The Independent UK

RTE had ‘alarming gaps’ in internal procedures and record-keeping – report

Accountancy firm Mazars was asked to look at how the broadcaster was run following the revelation of undeclared payments to Ryan Tubridy.

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Bakhurst says RTE may have to consider compulsory redundancies in the future

An interim forensic accounting report into RTE’s barter account system, carried out by Mazars, is to be published later on Friday.

The Independent UK

Caretaker host talks of ‘sense of wrong’ as Tubridy RTE show rebranded

The presenter has been off air since June 22 following a scandal regarding the national broadcaster under-declaring his fees.

The Independent UK

Tubridy did not want to ’cause difficulty’ for RTE with statement, sources say

RTE’s director general accepted there were ‘risks’ over ending negotiations with former presenter Ryan Tubridy.

The Independent UK

Ryan Tubridy still being paid, but this is ‘next step’ to be resolved – RTE boss

Kevin Bakhurst said that there is still not agreement on whether Ryan Tubridy is in contract or not.

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The Independent UK

Bakhurst: There is a ‘risk’ of legal action after talks with Ryan Tubridy ended

Negotiations on Ryan Tubridy’s return to RTE ended after trust ‘broke down’, according to the broadcaster.

The Independent UK

Tubridy was due to return to RTE on 170,000 euros in September, says Bakhurst

Presenter Ryan Tubridy earned as much as 545,000 euros in 2019.

The Independent UK

No plans for Tubridy to return to presenting role, RTE says

Director general Kevin Bakhurst said trust between the two parties had broken down.

The Independent UK

Unions ‘gravely disturbed’ by findings of report into RTE financial practices

The NUJ said there had been ‘an arrow through the heart of the relationship between management and staff’.

The Independent UK

Tubridy wants to ‘re-establish trust with listeners’ following report

A review found neither Tubridy nor his agent Noel Kelly had any part in the under-reporting of his 2017-2019 earnings.

The Independent UK

RTE board and management ‘concerned’ about drop in TV licence fee payments

There was a 37% fall in the number of payments in the first week of August compared to the same week last year.

The Independent UK

Ryan Tubridy fees adjusted by RTE to stay below 500,000 euro, report suggests

Former Late Late Show host Tubridy has welcomed the findings of the report.

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