TV Licence Inspectors Face ‘Aggressive Verbal Abuse’ over RTÉ Scandals April 25, 2024 Admin Irish News </p> <h2>TV licence inspectors face ‘aggressive verbal abuse’ over RTÉ scandals</h2> <p> TV licence inspectors have faced ‘very aggressive verbal abuse’ on the back of the crisis at RTÉ.</p> <p>Inspections had to be abandoned at various times last year with resilience training being provided to staff.</p> <p>The national broadcaster was at the centre of numerous scandals after an external audit uncovered undisclosed payments to former presenter Ryan Tubridy.</p> <p>Irish Independent Industry Correspondent Anne-Marie Walsh told The Pat Kenny Show inspectors were confined to ‘non-contact visits’ several times.</p> <p>“They were halted at a number of periods, I believe, during the whole scandal and various controversies that we’ve seen,” she said.</p> <p>“I think what they did is, they went up to the homes where they suspected a licence wasn’t being paid and would put flyers or leaflets in to remind people and possibly then return to the office.</p> <p>Admin staff might then contact the person involved by phone rather than calling to the house and leaving themselves wide open to this sort of abuse”.</p> <p>_____________________________________________________________________________________<br /> Credit to : Newstalk </p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here --
