Kevin Bakhurst

Kevin Bakhurst has been the Director General of RTÉ since July 2023

Politics
Register of RTÉ and TG4 broadcasters’ earnings from side jobs to be set down in law
Politics
Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan ramps up regulator’s controls over spending and pay at RTÉ
Media
RTÉ seeks new head of TV comedy along with three other senior roles
Media
RTÉ seeks new head of TV comedy along with three other senior roles

Irish News
RTÉ expects ‘stampede’ for around 100 voluntary redundancies this year
Life
Ireland in 2050: ‘Superhuman technology will make Irish lives longer and more comfortable’
Media
breaking | RTÉ redundancy scheme finally approved by Government
Irish News
RTÉ to hire new manager on €135,000 salary in programme to cuts costs after controversies
Irish News
Ryan Tubridy reveals ‘greatest fatality’ in RTÉ departure and admits he is ‘still processing’ exit
Media
Any Other Business: New Media Minister not backward about coming forward to put manners on RTÉ
Radio
‘If you’d asked me to do this before I had kids, I’d have said ‘not on your nelly’’ – Kathryn Thomas on new early morning radio show
Media
RTE director Daire Hickey resigns from board
Irish News
Exclusive | RTÉ seeks €225,000 sponsorship for Doireann Garrihy’s new 2FM afternoon show
Business
Any Other Business: Magic is kept under wraps at Consello’s launch party as media shut out
Irish News
RTÉ staff get TikTok ‘masterclasses’ as cash-strapped broadcaster tenders for €100,000 leadership programme
Business
RTÉ to spend €1m on more rigorous audit system after expert recommendations
Irish News
Exclusive | ‘Noel and I have decided to part’ – RTÉ’s Claire Byrne on leaving her long-time agent Kelly ... and the RTÉ salary cap
Media
Paschal Donohoe’s officials deny holding up RTÉ redundancy plans
Politics
‘Witty, informed, opinionated’ – warm tributes paid at funeral of ‘journalistic giant’ David Davin-Power
Politics
President and Taoiseach lead tributes following death of former RTÉ broadcaster David Davin-Power
Media
‘RTÉ is a serious player. I saw the challenges and said to myself, I can help with them’ – commercial chief Gavin Deans on dealing with media scrutiny and driving up digital revenues
News
Hiring and firing RTÉ boss no longer Government’s call, despite scandals
Television
‘You can’t just bounce in someone who looks pretty and has 500,000 followers’ – RTÉ’s Mary Fanning on future of ‘Nationwide’
Irish News
Sean O’Rourke: ‘Some colleagues in RTÉ would have found me arrogant... I’d have seen it as just doing my job’

Kevin Bakhurst

Register of RTÉ and TG4 broadcasters’ earnings from side jobs to be set down in law

Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan ramps up regulator’s controls over spending and pay at RTÉ

RTÉ seeks new head of TV comedy along with three other senior roles

RTÉ seeks new head of TV comedy along with three other senior roles

RTÉ expects ‘stampede’ for around 100 voluntary redundancies this year

Ireland in 2050: ‘Superhuman technology will make Irish lives longer and more comfortable’

breaking | RTÉ redundancy scheme finally approved by Government

RTÉ to hire new manager on €135,000 salary in programme to cuts costs after controversies

Ryan Tubridy reveals ‘greatest fatality’ in RTÉ departure and admits he is ‘still processing’ exit

Any Other Business: New Media Minister not backward about coming forward to put manners on RTÉ

‘If you’d asked me to do this before I had kids, I’d have said ‘not on your nelly’’ – Kathryn Thomas on new early morning radio show

RTE director Daire Hickey resigns from board

Exclusive | RTÉ seeks €225,000 sponsorship for Doireann Garrihy’s new 2FM afternoon show

Any Other Business: Magic is kept under wraps at Consello’s launch party as media shut out

RTÉ staff get TikTok ‘masterclasses’ as cash-strapped broadcaster tenders for €100,000 leadership programme

RTÉ to spend €1m on more rigorous audit system after expert recommendations

Exclusive | ‘Noel and I have decided to part’ – RTÉ’s Claire Byrne on leaving her long-time agent Kelly ... and the RTÉ salary cap

Paschal Donohoe’s officials deny holding up RTÉ redundancy plans

‘Witty, informed, opinionated’ – warm tributes paid at funeral of ‘journalistic giant’ David Davin-Power

President and Taoiseach lead tributes following death of former RTÉ broadcaster David Davin-Power

‘RTÉ is a serious player. I saw the challenges and said to myself, I can help with them’ – commercial chief Gavin Deans on dealing with media scrutiny and driving up digital revenues

Hiring and firing RTÉ boss no longer Government’s call, despite scandals

‘You can’t just bounce in someone who looks pretty and has 500,000 followers’ – RTÉ’s Mary Fanning on future of ‘Nationwide’

Sean O’Rourke: ‘Some colleagues in RTÉ would have found me arrogant... I’d have seen it as just doing my job’

‘You can’t just bounce in someone who looks pretty and has 500,000 followers’ – RTÉ’s Mary Fanning on future of ‘Nationwide’

Sean O’Rourke: ‘Some colleagues in RTÉ would have found me arrogant... I’d have seen it as just doing my job’

RTÉ’s Maura Derrane backs fellow ‘Galway girl’ Gráinne Seoige in election campaign

Average staff numbers at RTÉ were even higher last year than in 2022

A late late show: RTÉ finally publishes management 'stars' top pay rates as €9.1m deficit revealed

‘I think to myself how amazing it is that my own, unusual name is on the side of buses now’ — singer and presenter Zeinab Elguzouli

Presenter Sharon Tobin used in latest ‘deepfake’ scam as RTÉ acknowledges ‘growing challenge’

Watchdog is ‘disappointed’ as terms of RTÉ executive Jim Jennings’ exit are kept confidential

RTÉ employees voice anger at seeing so many executives on its best-paid list

RTÉ sent ‘dozens’ of €132 boxes of macarons to advertisers on same day as €725m public bailout

exclusive | Revealed: the real RTÉ top 10 earners as executives match star presenters’ pay

David Davin-Power: RTÉ funding package is merely a band-aid — Montrose reckoning is still to come

Row as welfare funding raided to bail out RTÉ and fill TV licence black hole

RTÉ stars did not want to disclose details of nixers and assets for register of interests

RTÉ’s Kevin Bakhurst says new €725m funding plan not a ‘reward for a series of mistakes’

RTÉ bailout: Households to stump up €725m over three years for broadcaster

‘Bigger than the Budget’ – RTÉ makes €80m bailout demand to ministers

Any Other Business: Patricia Monahan and Steve Carson come in from the cold as RTÉ hots up

‘He’s a visionary and she’s tough’: Two new RTÉ bosses to lead major shake-up of TV and radio schedules

Hate speech laws, planning and RTÉ funding remain loose ends for Government as Dáil approaches summer recess

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