Ryan Tubridy talks: Bakhurst ‘sending warning shot’ to RTÉ presenters

“The DG confirmed last week that one of RTÉ’s biggest stars“It sent a clear signal this is the new benchmark,” Mr Sheahan said. “This is where it’s being set.

His statement has raised questions about whether RTÉ will allow any third party to represent someone in negotiations.“There are actors on Fair City who are represented by a trade union as their agent,” he said. “You can’t say, ‘Oh we’re not going to deal with trade unions’. “Someone who’s presenting would not know the niceties of the legal issues that would arise in contract negotiations, so you’re entitled to have representation of some sort.”

Whatever pay people receive or how they receive it, however, “doesn’t amount to the whole hill of beans in terms of RTÉ’s financial difficulties”, according to Mr Sheahan.“They still sit on a substantial land base in the most expensive post code in the country, so they have to look at that.

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