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Fionnán Sheahan: RTÉ’s row with €725m minister shows there has been little change since Ryan Tubridy payments saga

4 days ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan

Fionnán Sheahan: RTÉ’s row with €725m minister shows there has been little change since Ryan Tubridy payments saga RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst. Photo: PAKevin Bakhurst was spotted in celebratory mood with a few colleagues in that well known Dublin 4 haunt, Roly’s Bistro in Ballsbridge, on Friday night. The RTÉ director general had just navigated his way through a tricky week.
Out goes the talent and in comes the management in RTÉ’s top earners list as Joe Duffy exits

6 days ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan

After the Ryan Tubridy scandal, Liveline presenter’s departure marks end of high-earning eraFour of top five earners are executives as big names depart Montrose and pay cap kicks in Annual pay package of several new leadership team members won’t be known for 18 monthsIt seems like aeons ago now, but it was actually only a decade past that RTÉ’s waving of the chequebook to sign big stars was coming up on the floor of the Dáil.
Majority of junior ministers have no legal powers after 100 days in office

6 days ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan

Over half of ministers of state, including Michael Healy-Rae, still have no responsibilities legally assigned by cabinet mastersUnder-fire Housing Minister James Browne still figuring out ministers’ specific functionsDelay suggests a lack of urgency or reluctance to delegate powers, says Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó BroinIt took five times for Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon’s officials to answer a basic question on the powers of his junior ministers.
Fionnán Sheahan: It’s over to Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan now, as Government’s integration policy finally gets real

1 week ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan

Fionnán Sheahan: It’s over to Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan now, as Government’s integration policy finally gets realIt shouldn’t be necessary for a TD to have to bring a concern to the attention of the Taoiseach on the floor of the Dáil chamber in order to get a response. It puts the row over speaking rights in context, though, when it happens.
Fionnán Sheahan: Exiled Ryan Tubridy now wants data watchdog to get him 1,000 documents on payments scandal

1 week ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan

Presenter and agent Noel Kelly make official complaint to Data Protection CommissionerLatest financial revelations on €3.6m loss calls transparency into question at broadcasterProspect of legal action is still hanging over Montrose as ousted presenter appeals refusalScapegoated, shamed, suspended, sacked and shunned by RTÉ, but Ryan Tubridy is now haunting the corridors of Donnybrook.
NAMA boss Brendan McDonagh withdraws his name from ‘housing tsar’ government role

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan |Gabija Gataveckaite |Senan Molony

Earlier today a cut to the €430,000 salary of the proposed Government's mooted “housing tsar” was on the table as a compromise to get the controversial appointment across the line. Nama boss Brendan McDonagh was the “preferred candidate” for the job of removing blockages to the building of houses. But his €430,000 salary has become a major sticking point. The Government’s Cabinet sub-committee on housing will discuss the role this afternoon.
Cut to €430k salary of Government's ‘housing tsar’ proposed to get appointment across the line

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan |Gabija Gataveckaite |Senan Molony

Nama boss Brendan McDonagh is the “preferred candidate” for the job of removing blockages to the building of houses. But his €430,000 salary has become a major sticking point. The Government’s Cabinet sub-committee on housing will discuss the role this afternoon. It was previously expected that Mr McDonagh’s name would be formally put forward by Housing Minister James Browne, of Fianna Fáil. It is unclear whether this is still the case.
Cut to €430k salary of Government's ‘housing tsar’ proposed to get appointment across the line

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan |Gabija Gataveckaite |Senan Molony

Nama boss Brendan McDonagh is the “preferred candidate” for the job of removing blockages to the building of houses. But his €430,000 salary has become a major sticking point. The Government’s Cabinet sub-committee on housing will this afternoon discuss the role. It was previously expected Mr McDonagh’s name will be formally put forward by Housing Minister James Browne of Fianna Fáil. It is unclear whether this is still the case.
Fionnán Sheahan: Mairead McGuinness is Áras ‘papabile’, but she only preaches to the partisan so far

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan

Here’s a curious consequence to consider if Seán Kelly becomes Fine Gael’s candidate for the presidential election and the MEP is ultimately elected to the Áras: his seat in the European Parliament will technically fall to Martin Conway. The Fine Gael senator is currently in the purgatory of being outside the parliamentary party after resigning his status following revelations of his arrest for being drunk on O’Connell Street.
Bulk of Gerry Hutch’s €10,000 election war-chest was spent on social media advertising, records reveal

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan

Bulk of Gerry Hutch’s €10,000 election war-chest was spent on social media advertising, records revealConvicted criminal came very close to winning a seat in November’s pollBulk of Hutch’s €10,000 election war-chest spent on social media advertising, watchdog finds Gangland crime boss Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch spent the majority of his general election campaign war-chest on social-media advertising.

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Articles

Fionnán Sheahan: RTÉ’s row with €725m minister shows there has been little change since Ryan Tubridy payments saga

Out goes the talent and in comes the management in RTÉ’s top earners list as Joe Duffy exits

Majority of junior ministers have no legal powers after 100 days in office

Fionnán Sheahan: It’s over to Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan now, as Government’s integration policy finally gets real

Fionnán Sheahan: Exiled Ryan Tubridy now wants data watchdog to get him 1,000 documents on payments scandal

NAMA boss Brendan McDonagh withdraws his name from ‘housing tsar’ government role

Cut to €430k salary of Government's ‘housing tsar’ proposed to get appointment across the line

Cut to €430k salary of Government's ‘housing tsar’ proposed to get appointment across the line

Fionnán Sheahan: Mairead McGuinness is Áras ‘papabile’, but she only preaches to the partisan so far

Bulk of Gerry Hutch’s €10,000 election war-chest was spent on social media advertising, records reveal

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