RTÉ's total income is expected to fall by up to 35% due to the coronavirus emergency, according to a submission from the broadcaster to the Oireachtas Covid-19 committee.
In the submission, RTÉ Director-General Dee Forbes says that since the crisis took hold, licence fee sales have "fallen sharply", adding: "Given that national evasion levels were already at almost 13% prior to the Covid emergency, this current situation has intensified an existing problem." Ms Forbes notes that advertising has also been severely impacted, because as businesses ceased trading, so too did their need to advertise.
She cautions that the outlook for the remainder of the year remains very unclear, and that the decline has affected all media in Ireland and