As the presenter moves to a new slot tomorrow, he discusses RTÉ pay, why he has decided not to announce his new salary and the Matt Cooper/Ivan Yates controversy
Oliver Callan agrees with the €250,000 pay cap on RTÉ presenter salaries. Photo: Bryan Meade
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!”