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# dee forbes

This year
2023
# no bandwidth
RTÉ to stop broadcasting on longwave 252 bandwidth from next month
RTÉ director general Dee Forbes said the broadcaster can ‘no longer justify’ investment in the long wave transmitter.
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Mar 31st 2023, 10:22 AM
# Ryan Tubridy
'We'll have a look at what's next, who's next': RTÉ director-general on The Late Late's future
Ryan Tubridy will present his final Late Late Show on Friday 26 May on RTÉ One.
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Mar 16th 2023, 1:50 PM
Last year
2022
# toy show the musical
Dáil public spending watchdog seeks answers from RTÉ over Toy Show: The Musical budget
The Public Accounts Committee is looking to ask questions about the business case for the production.
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Dec 20th 2022, 9:20 AM
# RTÉ
TV licence fee in place for RTÉ 'utterly broken', Dee Forbes tells committee
The director general of the State broadcaster was appearing before the Committee of Public Accounts this morning.
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Jan 20th 2022, 1:59 PM
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# money at montrose
RTÉ has made an 'initial payment' to Revenue over self-employment contracts, Dáil committee hears
The State broadcaster is facing a “structural funding problem”, according to its director general.
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Apr 27th 2021, 3:51 PM
# money at montrose
Staff at RTÉ reject pay cut plans as union says proposals now 'off the table'
The plan was rejected by 87% by 13%.
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Apr 7th 2021, 5:30 PM
# RTÉ Gold
'Absolute disgrace': RTÉ Gold listeners wrote to Dee Forbes expressing 'devastation' over station closure
That’s according to records released by RTÉ’s Freedom of Information unit.
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Feb 20th 2020, 6:00 AM
# RADIO LEGEND
'We’ve lost the king of our family': Funeral of Larry Gogan takes place in Dublin
The legendary music man died Tuesday aged 85 after 58 years in radio.
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Jan 10th 2020, 1:36 PM
# RTÉ
Talks ongoing with RTÉ's top presenters and one has already taken over 15% pay cut, Forbes says
Director General Dee Forbes faced questions on RTÉ’s finances and its future at an Oireachtas Committee hearing today.
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Dec 10th 2019, 5:30 PM
# Montrose
RTÉ to get extra €10m after Government announces public service broadcasting Commission
“This is Government meeting RTÉ halfway,” Communications Minister Richard Bruton said.
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Dec 10th 2019, 1:30 PM
# dee forbes
'It's fair value for 44c a day': RTÉ boss to make direct appeal to politicians over TV licence reforms
Forbes wants the Government to take action to tackle households evading the licence fee.
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Dec 10th 2019, 12:05 AM
# rte cuts
If everyone with a TV paid their licence fee in 2018, RTÉ would have an extra €32 million
As RTÉ restructures its organisation with staff cuts and asset sales, there’s a new focus on Ireland’s high TV licence evasion rates.
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Nov 8th 2019, 12:05 AM
# Cuts
RTÉ director general says more land at Donnybrook campus will be sold
The national broadcaster has revealed details of a plan which will see 200 jobs cut next year.
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Nov 7th 2019, 10:47 PM
# Job Cuts
RTÉ director general says announcement of job cuts was held off over death of Gay Byrne
It was announced last night that RTÉ is to cut 200 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan.
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Nov 7th 2019, 9:07 AM
# staff cuts
Widespread RTÉ cuts: 200 jobs to go, digital stations scrapped and top presenters hit with 15% pay cut
The national broadcaster revealed details of the plan this evening.
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Nov 6th 2019, 11:26 PM
# Review
RTÉ 'reassessing everything it does' amid unprecedented financial situation
RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes told staff it “will no longer be possible to continue as we are.”
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Sep 6th 2019, 5:01 PM
# donnybroke
Dee Forbes says RTÉ is facing 'urgent, substantial' money problems
She called for the current TV licence fee funding model to be changed to one that includes laptops and smartphones.
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May 3rd 2018, 10:54 PM
# next five years
RTÉ says the TV licence fee system needs to be reformed
But that doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in the fee.
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Feb 20th 2018, 2:24 PM
# Broadcasting
RTÉ boss calls for hike in TV licence fee to €175
RTÉ is to post a deficit in its 2016 annual report due to be published soon.
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Jul 11th 2017, 10:20 PM
# needs must
Cash-strapped RTÉ has officially put a chunk of land at its HQ up for sale for €75 million
It’s thought the land is likely to be sold for residential development.
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Mar 22nd 2017, 12:00 PM
# The Way Forward
TV licence fee should be doubled says RTÉ head as job cuts loom at broadcaster
Dee Forbes announced the job cuts would come as the company merged different divisions together.
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Mar 22nd 2017, 11:31 AM
# cork native
Dee Forbes will become the first ever female director general of RTÉ
She will take over from Noel Curran.
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Apr 1st 2016, 5:54 PM