The broadcaster announced the launch of Second Marriage At First Sight in February.

It comes after a BBC Panorama documentary raised allegations of sexual misconduct and rape regarding the reality show.

Melanie Dawes said the regulator will tighten up guidance if necessary.

Senior figures at Channel 4 were speaking at a briefing for the broadcaster’s annual report.

The move follows allegations made during a Panorama documentary.

Shona Manderson has accused her on-screen partner of sexual misconduct while on the Channel 4 show.

Minister Patrick O’Donovan said he did not “accept that at all” that RTÉ were paying for being transparent.

The meeting comes amid fresh scrutiny of its financial management.

Shona Manderson is one of three women making allegations about their time on the Channel 4 reality programme.

The Cabinet is considering legislation that would move RTÉ under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Two women have alleged they were raped by their on-screen husbands.

The broadcaster also announced that in April it commissioned an external review into contributor welfare.

There should be an audit of payments to RTÉ presenters since 2020, the Communications Minister has said.

RTE presenter Derek Mooney’s reclassification as a producer was not a side deal, the station’s director general has said.

He was sacked at the end of March, with Sara Cox due to take over as his permanent replacement in the summer.

The regulator will investigate a broadcast of the interview, conducted by Bev Turner, 12 hours after it originally aired.

The national and regional media group revealed digital revenues plunged 8.1% in the first three months of 2026

Coimisiún na Meán can investigate major online platforms and search engines headquartered in Ireland, and fine them up to six per cent of global turnover for breaches of online content rules.

Dan Walker also said that he has ‘always been concerned’ for his former co-host’s wellbeing.

Employees have been told to brace for the ‘tough task’ of reducing costs ‘significantly’.

The corporation is trying to reduce costs by 10 per cent over the next three years.

Patrick O’Donovan said there were ‘lopsided’ political views and ‘skewed’ broadcasting of fuel protests and blockades last week.

Simon Harris was speaking after his Cabinet and party colleague said he would ask the broadcasting regulator to look at media reporting.

Patrick O’Donovan questioned whether the coverage of the protests was ‘balanced or was it skewed’.

Broadcaster Claudia–Liza Vanderpuije, co-hosted the show with Walker for a year between 2022 and 2023.

Davie called the decision a ‘real shock to the organisation’.

Tim Davie leaves the role on April 2nd.

It comes as the corporation filed a motion to dismiss Trump’s 10 billion dollar defamation lawsuit over an edit of a Panorama documentary.

Coimisiún na Meán refers suspected contraventions of standards for investigation to an authorised person.

The broadcaster has appointed a disinformation correspondent as part of its Clarity unit.

The 10 billion dollar case will be heard next February.

Any household that watches or records live TV on any channel or uses BBC iPlayer must have a TV licence, which costs £174.50 a year.

The late-night presenter was taken off the air and suspended indefinitely in September following comments he made after the murder of Charlie Kirk.

The Co Wicklow native’s career in the UK has continued to flourish after she decided to step back in 2022 from her Love Island presenting role

Meanwhile, RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he has not applied for the top job at the BBC.

Malcolm Byrne told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that he wanted Mr Bakhurst to remain at RTÉ to continue the work and changes he had started.

The TV and radio presenter said he stepped in to help football commentators Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.

RTÉ’s annual report has listed how much some of its top stars and executives are paid.

Amnesty International has said the report ‘exposes a disturbing pattern of unlawful covert surveillance of journalists’.

A range of stories feature across Sunday's newspaper front pages, including a law change that could pose a serious threat to the Kinahan cartel.

A range of stories feature across Saturday's newspaper front pages

It comes as a string of broadcasters, including the Dutch Avrotros and RTÉ, have called for a boycott over Israel’s participation.

A wide range of stories feature across Sunday's newspaper front pages, including Heather Humphrey's husband's "secret Orange Order past"