Fair City production to move off RTÉ site in next 5 years

RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst has told a meeting of staff that production of programmes, including Fair City and The Late Late Show, is to move off site over the next five years.

In the case of The Late Late Show, Mr Bakhurst said that it is a more complex editorial programme and that it could possibly be produced by an in-house team in conjunction with an independent company. Over the strategy’s time, RTÉ plans to invest in excess of €340 million with Ireland’s independent production sector.

The strategy also says that, by 2027, 50% of all non-live television content will be made available on RTÉ Player first - giving the audience the choice on how they watch programming. The strategy says that RTÉ already has a strong national footprint that it want to rebalance this further, through commissioning and internal production changes.In terms of staffing, current Dublin-based workers will be provided with the option of relocation to newly created or open positions in other centres across the country.

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