RTÉ Announced Top Ten 2017 Earners
RTÉ have finally announced the earnings of their top presenters for 2017. RTÉ have been committed to providing details of their top earners' salaries every year from the previous 2 years, however RTÉ failed to publish these figures in 2019. The ten personalities earned an extra 1% from their earnings in 2016, earnings in 2016 were 5% higher than in 2015 while they got an 8% rise in 2015.
RTÉ are quick to point out that "Total fees paid to RTÉ’s highest earning presenters represent less than 1% of RTÉ’s total operating costs." To put that in context RTÉ spent just 1% of their total operating costs on Children's programming in 2017.
The highest earner in 2017 was Ryan Tubridy host of the long running Late Late Show and a daily Radio show on RTÉ Radio 1, his earnings came to €492,000 down from €495,000 in 2016. Ray D'Arcy was the second most paid presenter remaining at €450,000 in 2017. Liveline's Joe Duffy got a raise of €9,000 to put him into 3rd place. The late Marian Finucane receive an increase of €14,000 to make 5th place, while former News presenter Sean O'Rourke recieved €12,000 pay increase to bring him to €321,000.
Miriam O'Callaghan, Claire Byrne, George Hamilton, Daragh Maloney and Westlife's Nicky Byrne all made it into the top ten, but Bryan Dobson and Mary Wilson left the top ten earners list in 2017 from 2016.
| Personality | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Tubridy | 492 | 495 |
| Ray D'Arcy | 450 | 450 |
| Joe Duffy | 399 | 390 |
| Sean O'Rourke | 321 | 309 |
| Marian Finucane | 315 | 301 |
| Miriam O'Callaghan | 299 | 299 |
| Claire Byrne | 240 | 216 |
| George Hamilton | 192 | 186 |
| Darragh Maloney | 184 | |
| Nicky Byrne | 182 | |
| Bryan Dobson | 198 | |
| Mary Wilson | 186 |