Seems like they mutually agreed he should leave, as Toy Show Musicial was such a disaster
“It’s ok RORS we will sort you out with a few quid”
In his statement, Mr Bakhurst said he and Mr Coveney agreed “it was best that he stand down from his role”.
“This enabled the beginning of the restructuring of the leadership team and the suppression of his role,” he said.
“Responsibility for strategy has passed to Adrian Lynch, with no additional compensation, in addition to his substantive role as director of audience, channels and marketing.
“Rory’s role became redundant, an exit payment was offered by RTÉ and accepted by Rory, and with no backfill being made RTÉ will recoup that payment by July of this year,” he said.
Mr Coveney, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday, has not commented publicly on the terms of his exit package.
That’s often been the case for nearly a year now,
The story has garnered far more attention than it deserves but they’re afraid of their lives to be accused of sweep sweeping it
Siun Ni Raghallaigh told the Minister the board didn’t know about the exit packages. Now it emerges Ni Raghallaigh sat on the renumeration committtee that approved the exit package for Collins and also brought it to the board for approval.
