Kevin Bakhurst

Kevin Bakhurst

director general Ireland

Kevin Bakhurst is the director general of RTÉ, where he has been implementing a five-year strategy to enhance the broadcaster's operations and content. His vision includes moving the production of Fair City off-site to external companies, reflecting a transformative approach to modernizing RTÉ's programming.

Global Media Ratings
Dominance
0.00%
Persistence
1 wks
Reach
58,366
Power
1,027$
Sentiment
6.69
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
Ireland 10 5.70 0.53% +10% 5,030,000 29,213 $5,100 30$
United Kingdom 1 7.00 0.03% +10% 67,886,011 24,300 $2,700,000 966$
Serbia 1 5.00 0.05% +0% 8,737,371 4,508 $55,000 28$
Montenegro 1 5.00 0.05% +0% 628,066 344 $5,500 3$
Totals 13 82,281,448 58,365 $2,765,600 1,027$
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.

Recent Mentions

Ireland Ireland: Kevin Bakhurst was taken aback by the suggestion of an audit of staff opinions. 5

Alan Kelly Malcolm Byrne Micheal Carrigy Peter Cleere Ronan Mullen Deirdre Mccarthy Tony Connelly Garret Ahearne
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Hacks in Montrose must be hallucinating about much greenery in their rundown newsroom – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Kevin Bakhurst is the director general of RTÉ who addressed the media committee about the organization's outsourcing plans. 5

Ryan Tubridy
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: The moving target that is RTÉ’s woes – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst stated that the advert cost less than €100,000 to make. 6

Deirdre Mccarthy Alan Kelly
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: RTÉ news management seeks to reassure staff over concerns around promotional advert – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Director general Kevin Bakhurst complained of 'inaccurate' reporting on the issue. 5

Ryan Tubridy Deirdre Mccarthy Alan Kelly Patrick O Donovan Noel Kelly
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: RTÉ appearance at Oireachtas committee a drab sequel to firework show of two years ago starring Ryan Tubridy – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has confirmed that Ryan Tubridy has never made the repayments. 5

Ryan Tubridy Noel Kelly Padraig O Sullivan Deirdre Mccarthy Alan Kelly Tony Connelly Joanne Byrne Alison Comyn Garret Ahearn Malcolm Byrne
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Ryan Tubridy has not returned €150,000 he received from RTÉ for two promotional events that did not happen – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Kevin Bakhurst is the director general of RTÉ who confirmed that Ryan Tubridy has not repaid the payments. 5

Ryan Tubridy Noel Kelly Siun Ni Raghallaigh Deirdre Mccarthy Alan Kelly Padraig O Sullivan Joe Duffy Feargal O Coigligh Marie Hurley Aengus O Snodaigh Garret Ahearn Sinead Gibney Joanne Byrne Micheal Carrigy
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Ryan Tubridy has not repaid RTÉ €150,000 he received for Renault deal, Bakhurst tells Media Committee – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Kevin Bakhurst is the RTÉ director general expected to address a Dáil committee regarding misclassification of staff. 7

Patrick O Donovan Alan Kelly
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: RTÉ pays out €4m tied to misclassification of some staff as self-employed – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: RTÉ’s director general Kevin Bakhurst confirmed 325 applications had been received for the redundancy scheme. 7

The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: More than 300 RTÉ employees apply for redundancy package – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: Kevin Bakhurst, sought a discussion on Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. 5

Yuval Raphael Jj Jose Pablo Lopez Martin Green
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: RTÉ requests breakdown of Eurovision public votes after high points awarded to Israel – The Irish Times

Ireland Ireland: The €250,000 salary for RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst effectively sets a benchmark for other pay rates in the broadcaster. 7

Catherine Martin
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859: Catherine Martin’s arts department backed pay rise for RTÉ director general – The Irish Times