Summary
THAT RTE's struggle to keep the show on the road in these straitened times has been dramatised most by the stand-off between two of its best-paid presenters and a spineless and star-struck management is probably not a surprise.
With a serious budget shortfall to plug, the national broadcaster is looking at ways of drastically cutting its costs but the emphasis is not on how many contract or freelance staff face the chop, what new pay cuts are to be levied on already modestly paid backroom staff, what worthwhile programmes are to be axed or even on what the licence payer can expect from what's politely termed the 'thinning out' of the schedules.See the full content of this document
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Are You As Popular As You Imagine, Gerry? [Eire Region]
No, these issues have been but a backdrop to the main act, which has involved the suspense-filled question of whether Gerry Ryan or Ryan Tubridy will volunt...
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