This footage was filmed and produced 11 October 2023.

Irish Media Minister Catherine Martin has said she is withholding additional funding of 40 million euro from national broadcaster RTE until it produces its strategic vision for reform, adding that the station will need to make cost savings of a further 21 million euro due to a fall in TV licence receipts.

She said separate interim funding of just 16 million euro will be allocated to RTE in supplementary estimates before the end of the year.

RTE was plunged into crisis in June when the broadcaster revealed it had not correctly declared fees to its then-highest-paid earner Ryan Tubridy.

The scandal widened as a series of other financial and governance issues emerged.