Entertainment

TV star Chris Packham hails snares ban proposal in Scotland as ‘exce...
August 21, 2023 07:36 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAThe Springwatch presenter welcomed a consultation by the Scottish Government on banning the use of the devices.

Four decades of Taggart marked as university launches archive devote...
August 21, 2023 05:52 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAGlasgow Caledonian University will open an archive of memories to mark the much-loved STV programme’s 40th birthday.

Queen’s unveils plans for new £4.9m Seamus Heaney Centre
August 20, 2023 08:53 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAThe original centre was opened at the university campus by the Nobel Prize-winning poet in 2004.

Caretaker host talks of ‘sense of wrong’ as Tubridy RTE show rebrand...
August 20, 2023 04:09 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAThe presenter has been off air since June 22 following a scandal regarding the national broadcaster under-declaring his fees.

Tubridy objection to recalculated figures dates back to committee he...
August 18, 2023 01:41 AM PDT | By PAMEDIARyan Tubridy was taken off air in June after it was disclosed he had under-reported his earnings over a number of years.

Tubridy did not want to ’cause difficulty’ for RTE with statement, s...
August 18, 2023 12:11 AM PDT | By PAMEDIARTE’s director general accepted there were ‘risks’ over ending negotiations with former presenter Ryan Tubridy.

Time to move on from Ryan Tubridy, politicians say, after latest RTE...
August 17, 2023 11:58 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAThe chairwoman of the Oireachtas Media Committee said six weeks had been spent on ‘one small, small aspect of this entire fiasco’.

Drop in people buying TV licences ‘disappointing but not surprising’...
August 17, 2023 08:23 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAFinance Minister Michael McGrath said people still need to support public service broadcasting.

Ryan Tubridy still being paid, but this is ‘next step’ to be resolve...
August 17, 2023 04:13 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAKevin Bakhurst said that there is still not agreement on whether Ryan Tubridy is in contract or not.

‘We have to own our mistakes’ Bakhurst says after talks on Tubridy’s...
August 17, 2023 02:46 PM PDT | By PAMEDIANegotiations on Ryan Tubridy’s return to RTE ended after trust ‘broke down’, according to RTE.

Bakhurst: There is a ‘risk’ of legal action after talks with Ryan Tu...
August 17, 2023 02:46 PM PDT | By PAMEDIANegotiations on Ryan Tubridy’s return to RTE ended after trust ‘broke down’, according to the broadcaster.

Tubridy was due to return to RTE on 170,000 euros in September, says...
August 17, 2023 04:31 AM PDT | By PAMEDIAPresenter Ryan Tubridy earned as much as 545,000 euros in 2019.

No plans for Tubridy to return to presenting role, RTE says
August 17, 2023 01:51 AM PDT | By PAMEDIADirector general Kevin Bakhurst said trust between the two parties had broken down.

Unions ‘gravely disturbed’ by findings of report into RTE financial...
August 15, 2023 10:38 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAThe NUJ said there had been ‘an arrow through the heart of the relationship between management and staff’.

Tubridy wants to ‘re-establish trust with listeners’ following repor...
August 15, 2023 10:08 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAA review found neither Tubridy nor his agent Noel Kelly had any part in the under-reporting of his 2017-2019 earnings.

RTE board and management ‘concerned’ about drop in TV licence fee pa...
August 15, 2023 09:28 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAThere was a 37% fall in the number of payments in the first week of August compared to the same week last year.

Report suggests Ryan Tubridy fees adjusted by RTE to stay below 500,...
August 15, 2023 06:22 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAThe chairwoman of the broadcaster’s board said the report confirms a ‘siloed management culture’, ‘poor internal communication and weak processes’.

Ryan Tubridy fees adjusted by RTE to stay below 500,000 euro, report...
August 15, 2023 06:22 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAFormer Late Late Show host Tubridy has welcomed the findings of the report.

BBC refuses to comment on Stephen Nolan allegations
August 15, 2023 12:16 AM PDT | By PAMEDIANolan is the fifth-highest paid talent with the BBC.

BBC Scotland political editor to have surgery for brain tumour
August 08, 2023 09:36 PM PDT | By PAMEDIAGlenn Campbell’s tumour was discovered while he was recovering from a cycling accident which left him with 10 broken ribs.