"At the beginning of November 2019, the station drew up yet another revised plan. It envisaged dramatic savings of €60m over three years. Staff numbers would be cut by between 200 and 300. The RTÉ Guide would be sold. The Limerick studio would be closed. Lyric FM would move from Limerick to Cork. The National Symphony Orchestra would relocate to the National Concert Hall. Aertel, the teletext service, would cease to exist."
"To court popularity with its staff and the public, fees paid to contracted on-air presenters, such as Ryan Tubridy, would be reduced by 15pc."
At the beginning of November 2019, RTÉ drew up a revised plan aimed at dramatic savings of €60m over three years. The plan included cutting staff numbers by between 200 and 300. It proposed selling the RTÉ Guide and closing the Limerick studio. It also proposed moving Lyric FM from Limerick to Cork and relocating the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall. The plan called for ending Aertel, the teletext service. To improve popularity with staff and the public, fees paid to contracted on-air presenters, such as Ryan Tubridy, would be reduced by 15%.
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