Fionnan Sheahan

And we know that every time RTE get involved in another scandal, it does have a hit going back to 2023.

And there's a graph inside in their opening statement where they point out the decline in licence fee revenue and that it's on another level.

slide this year.

So you'd imagine that events of recent weeks will only exacerbate that further.

So, you know, a lot of questions and sometimes the problem with these practice committees is that the questions aren't terribly structured.

So we'll see what actually gets thrown at them.

Yeah, but, I mean, I suppose the point has been made about the hypocrisy here about RT management coming out last year

paying wholesome tribute to Sean Rocks.

And yet this issue was going on in the background all along.

And the fact that, you know, his family have had to effectively come out, get this issue exposed publicly is very sad in its own right.

Kevin McGrath's tribute last week Sean once said radio is never about the presenter it's about the person who is opposite you and I think today people will be asked well why wasn't Sean Rocks called a presenter which is what you're calling me here when you're paying tribute to him.

So Alan Kelly is the chair of the committee I imagine Marie will be getting him to raise that issue and there'll be a variety of others.

So are there landmines today?

potentially.

Let's see what other names and what other anomalies come up here.

But certainly they emerged fairly unscathed from the meeting with the minister last night.