€75k payments listed as consultancy fees

TWO €75,000 payments made to Ryan Tubridy through a barter company were described on invoices as "Consultancy Fees", a Grant Thornton report has found.

- DANNY DE VAAL

The analysis also shows RTE had a "contractual obligation" to pay the ex-Late Late Show host the additional fees once a third-party commercial deal underwritten by the broadcaster fell through.

RTE also paid for the commercial events Tubridy attended for Renault last year. They were paid through the barter account. The actual costs of the events were €30,586 but were recorded in the barter account as €47,477.