"Oliver Callan is recalling an encounter he had on the street with Pat Kenny. It's Thursday afternoon in Dún Laoghaire and we're discussing presenters' pay when he describes what the Newstalk presenter once surmised about presenters' earnings at the height of the RTÉ crisis over pay and secret side deals."
""I bumped into him on the street and he just said, 'You know all of these figures for presenters? You're paid a bit for the work... then you're paid the extra bit to put up with all the shite!'""
Oliver Callan will move to a new slot tomorrow. He has decided not to announce his new RTÉ salary. He comments on RTÉ pay and the Matt Cooper/Ivan Yates controversy. He recalled an encounter with Pat Kenny on a Thursday afternoon in Dún Laoghaire. Pat Kenny said presenters receive payment for the work and an additional amount for tolerating the negatives of the role. The remark was made during the RTÉ crisis over pay and secret side deals. The account frames presenter earnings amid public scrutiny and debates over pay transparency.
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