RTÉ to be queried on sending 41 people to cover World Cup play-off in Czechia, PAC chair says
https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-to-be-queried-over-reports-it-sent-41-staff-to-cover-the-world-cup-play-off-in-czechia-7040309-May2026/
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The party just never ends in Montrose. Throwing taxpayer money around like confetti
41! How in the name of jaysus.
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Sent to Prague and no flip flops..
It’s one of the highest rated programmes in the history of RTÉ and got broad attention across various platforms.
If 41 people went over, I’d be certain they more than recouped that cost.
There’s plenty to slate RTÉ justifiably over but this is typical political grandstanding.
Covering a national event properly is what RTÉ should be about. Sitting on some of the most expensive real estate in the country doing it is the real waste.
The number seems big but most people – myself included – have no idea the number of people, let alone specific roles, involved in such a production.
What would be a normal number for an away match in Europe ?
the pitchforks are out but I don’t see a problem with this. this game was a big fucking deal ^((that we fucked away))
Feckin outrageous!
Last year and for the first time I had the leisure to watch most of the live coverage of the Tour de France on TG4. It was presented by two people – a TG4/RnaG presenter and a professional cyclist, both of whom were working from a studio in Casla, Conamara. They didn’t appear on screen but commented on a live feed that included wonderful aerial shots and graphics. It was probably the most informative and entertaining sports coverage I’ve ever seen.
All of this without sending staff abroad; they simply purchased the live feed. No doubt there were several people in the studio supporting the presenters and facilitating viewer comments that were displayed on screen, but at minimal cost.
I’d recommend watching it this year to anyone who understands the Irish language and even those who don’t.
There’s something seriously wrong with the culture in RTÉ. Fortunately it hasn’t been inherited by TG4 and RnaG.
This constant vilification must stop.
If we are not careful all our talented stars will be poached by Hollywood.
Has to be some “uncles” and “nephews” involved
Where is this high level of control when it comes to holding those responsible for the children’s hospital?
this is just trying to distract us with pointless virtue signalling while the government has/is wasting billions of tax windfalls we may never see again.
Should be pointed out it was the most watched event they ever had
RTE getting called out for alot of stuff that they’re doing right recently and people just lapping it up.
Media has gone to absolute dogshite no matter what way you lean on anything.
1.37 million people watched the game.
Probably a good return on sending 41 people over, no?
Nobody in politics ever talks about the future of public broadcasting anymore. It’s just headline driven outrage, the Minister for the Arts being the worst offender.
This is s nothing story.
Thats probably more than the actual team brought over
Ah sure Ciaran Cuddihy had a great time altogether
Let’s not start complaining when they’re actually covering something well now too.
Stick to complaining about salaries and flip-flops please
It was literally one of the biggest Irish news stories of the year. A massive nothing of a story.
It needed to be a resilient robust production to future proof and rte stepped up to the plate – Generic TD soundbyte
If we had won, everyone one of them would have been flat to the mat.
Was it an important game with lots of different coverage or something?
The spotlight on RTE is deserved and understandable for obvious reasons given their previous failings.
However, this is possibly one of the biggest sporting moments we could have. Definitely one of the most anticipated in quite some time. Aside from Ireland making a World Cup, Olympics or you may even consider an away 6 nations title decider.
This is a ridiculously normal situation to send over various teams for radio and television coverage. Plus the associated support and technical staff.
Imagine if there was poor coverage of the match and buildup. Big sporting occasions have a phenomenally positive effect on society and create a big economic boost.
And if you pause for two seconds, the commercial potential of advertising for match time is about as big as it gets. Not to mention all of the build up stuff on radio/TV that gets more attention than normal. I’m sure there are projections made in advance on this kind of stuff and it would be well known from previous big events.
It would be an absolute travesty in so many ways if RTE had been forced to scale down sporting operations for this.
It’s outrage for the sake of outrage. The numbers and roles quoted seem reasonable given the context.
This fucking sub, everyone swears they dint pay their TV licence but rants and raves about this stuff. Imagine if only 1 show was broadcast for the semi. People wpukd be going batshit saying theres a lack of support
What’s the big deal? It was the biggest irish sporting event of the year, certainly the biggest football one in a decade and the country was extremely hyped for it. So naturally the state broadcaster had large coverage of it
I am totally okay with this
Why are we focusing on the minutae of RTE vs the outrageous over run on the Leap Card.
They’ll talk about thousands to avoid millions