RTÉ
Irish public service broadcaster
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| July 11 2023 | Kevin Bakhurst planned to arrive and assume the role of Director General. |
| June 2023 | RTÉ revised Ryan Tubridy's salary to €515,000, further escalating the controversy around presenter compensation. |
| June 28 2023 | Seven RTÉ representatives attend a meeting of the Oireachtas Media Committee to discuss the scandal and management's actions. |
| June 27 2023 | Acting RTÉ Director General Adrian Lynch issues a nine-page statement addressing the earnings controversy. Around 200 RTÉ journalists protest the management's actions. |
| June 26 2023 | Dee Forbes tenders her resignation as Director General of RTÉ with immediate effect. |
| June 16 2023 | RTÉ Board chair Siún Ní Raghallaigh asked Dee Forbes to resign, which Forbes initially refused. |
| March 2023 | RTÉ executive management becomes aware of inaccuracies in Ryan Tubridy's earnings figures prior to public disclosure. |
| February 2023 | RTÉ publicly released the list of salaries for its top 10 personalities from 2021, revealing Ryan Tubridy's initial reported salary of €440,000. |
| 2022 | RTÉ had 119 employees with basic pay over €100,000, including 22 employees earning between €150,000 and €250,000. |
| 2022 | RTÉ's Human Resources department paid out over €2.3 million in exit schemes to departing managers and executives, with at least one payment rumoured to be around €400,000. |
| 2022 | RTÉ secured broadcasting rights for the FIFA World Cup 2022, ensuring free-to-air coverage of the international football tournament for Irish viewers. |
| 2022 | The National Concert Hall took control of the National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland), along with cor na og, the Philharmonic Choir, and RTÉ Quartet. |
| 2021 | RTÉ Director General was paid €225,000 with additional car allowance of €25,000 and pension contributions of €56,000, totaling a compensation package of €306,000. |
| 2021 | RTÉ and the National Concert Hall (NCH) were given approval to transfer the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, RTÉ Philharmonic Choir, and RTÉ Cór na nÓg to the National Concert Hall. |
| 2019 | RTÉ spent money on a trip to the Rugby World Cup as part of their barter account entertainment for advertising clients. |
| 2018 | RTÉ and TG4 made new arrangements, rebranding Nuacht RTÉ to Nuacht RTÉ le TG4. The news programme began using TG4's visual identity and broadcasting from a new purpose-built studio in Connemara, shared with Nuacht TG4. |
| 2018 | TG4's funding was restructured, now receiving indirect funding from RTÉ through support mechanisms that include news content, Irish Language repeats, and children's programming. |
| 2017 | RTÉ sports producer Kieran Creaven was convicted on multiple counts of child sexual abuse in the UK. |
| April 1 2016 | Dee Forbes was announced as the new Director General of RTÉ. |
| 2015 | RTÉ Archives launched a new logo that incorporated the 1969 branding for the word 'Archive'. |
| December 2014 | RTÉ made television advertising history by airing the first native HD advertisement in the UK and Ireland, as part of the 3 Mobile Christmas campaign, created by Dublin agency Boys & Girls. |
| September 2014 | RTÉ completed a network-wide rebranding following the February tendering process. |
| February 2014 | RTÉ introduced a tendering process for network rebranding. |
| 2012 | RTÉ Digital division replaced the RTÉ Publishing division, establishing a new digital media services structure that includes online news, the RTÉ Player, RTÉ Aertel, RTÉ News App, and RTÉ Archives. |
| 2012 | RTÉ reported total public funding of €180,894,000 from the license fee and €127,100,000 in commercial revenue. The organization experienced total expenditure of €327,023,000 and incurred losses of €65,147,000. |
| October 24 2012 | RTÉ ceased all analogue television transmissions, transitioning to digital broadcasting via Saorview, satellite, and cable. RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2 were also first broadcast from transmitters in Northern Ireland on the UK Freeview system. |
| September 13 2012 | RTÉ Digital signed a deal with Netflix to host its programming, making episodes of RTÉ television dramas and comedies like The Clinic, Trivia, Killinaskully, and Mattie available outside Ireland on the online streaming platform. |
| 2011 | RTÉ 2fm began receiving a portion of the license fee, ending its previous self-sufficient status. TG4's direct exchequer funding was also cut during this year. |
| November 23 2011 | John Bowman's television history book 'Window and Mirror: RTÉ Television: 1961–2011' was launched by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the National Museum in Dublin, commemorating RTÉ's 50th television anniversary. |
| October 24 2011 | RTÉ hosted the final presidential debate on The Frontline, which controversially broadcast an unverified tweet that impacted candidate Seán Gallagher's campaign. |
| June 2011 | RTÉ planned to launch a new satellite service to broadcast to homes in remote areas of Ireland, with a possibility of providing broadband service. |
| May 26 2011 | Saorview was officially launched as Ireland's Free-to-Air Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service. |
| May 26 2011 | RTÉ launched Saorview and Saorsat digital terrestrial television public service multiplex, simultaneously introducing RTÉ Two HD, RTÉjr, RTÉ One+1, and RTÉ News Now channels. |
| May 23 2011 | RTÉ aired a controversial Prime Time Investigates programme 'Mission to Prey', which falsely alleged a priest had raped a woman and fathered her child. |
| February 1 2011 | Noel Curran appointed as Director-General of RTÉ, replacing Cathal Goan. |
| November 9 2010 | Noel Curran was appointed Director-General of RTÉ, effective from 1 February 2011, replacing Cathal Goan. |
| October 31 2010 | Saorview was launched as a trial service, covering 90% of the population by RTÉ Networks (2RN). |
| September 2010 | RTÉ broadcast a controversial radio interview with Taoiseach Brian Cowen that increased pressure for his resignation. |
| July 14 2010 | RTÉ NL outlined detailed plans for digital terrestrial television (DTT) infrastructure and digital satellite television (DST) using Ka narrowband. |
| April 30 2010 | Death of RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan, which led to controversy when traces of cocaine were identified as the likely trigger. |
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