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Media Minister Catherine Martin speaks to media after meeting RTE's chairwoman, as the national broadcaster reels from the controversy over the misreporting of the salary of its highest paid presenter. It has emerged that former Late Late Show frontman Ryan Tubridy was paid several hundred thousand euro more than RTE had previously declared. RTE apologised as it admitted that between 2017 and 2022, Tubridy received a series of payments totalling 345,000 euro (£295,000) above his annual published salary. Speaking to journalists after her meeting with Siun Ni Raghallaigh, Ms Martin said RTE faced an "existential crisis" as public trust in the broadcaster had been "shattered". She would not say if she thought Mr Tubridy should continue to work for the broadcaster.