Mystery surrounds secret car 'loan' to prominent RTE personality

And the acting editor in chief told the Oireachtas media committee that there may be more.

The blockbuster meeting saw major differences of opinion between RTE executives past and present, with ex Chief Financial Officer, Breda O’Keeffe, taking up an invite because she said she needed to “set the record straight” after last week’s meetings in Leinster House. Ms O’Keeffe also told the committee that she never agreed to underwrite the secret Renault deal that saw Ryan Tubridy receive his €75,000 secret payments from RTE when the car dealer pulled out of paying after a year.

Documents released to the media committee before it started its session revealed the intricate details of what was spent on corporate hospitality from three ‘slush fund’ barter accounts, with values totalling €1.6million. But it was the revelations about the secret star car that were the most mysterious of the day, leading to wild rumours and speculation last night as to who the unknown star, or now stars, might be.Adrian Lynch declined to give the role of the RTE staff member who had been supplied a free car for the last five years.

Source: Loan Digest (loandigest.net)

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