“If the ballot is not passed then we are back on the table again, and we are probably at the industrial relations tribunal,” Ms Forbes told RTÉ Radio One’s The Business. RTÉ will also start another voluntary exit plan soon, which will see the company reorganising itself once again to “do what we do with less staff”, Ms Forbes said. Over the last decade the public service broadcaster has been shrinking in size, she said, but it “will have to get smaller still”. Ms Forbes also spoke about shelved plans to sell the RTÉ Guide magazine and to move Lyric FM from its Limerick studio. Ms Forbes said the broadcaster held on to the magazine, which is making money, as there “was not a good enough offer”.

Source: The Irish Times March 20, 2021 15:30 UTC