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RTÉ revises 2024 top earning presenters list to include Derek Mooney
RTÉ has revised its top ten highest-earning presenters for 2024 to include Derek Mooney after it says it "reconsidered what constitutes a presenter".
Publishing its results for 2025, the broadcaster said it made the decision "to consider all personnel holding dual roles" for inclusion in the top ten presenters list.
It said this is in line with the implementation of the Government's Expert Advisory Committee’s recommendations.
Mr Mooney now appears eighth on the 2024 list with a salary of €197,151.
RTÉ says Mr Mooney was designated by RTÉ as a producer and not as a presenter from 2020 to 2024.
He last appeared in the top ten presenter list in 2014 in tenth position earning €168,871. He did not appear on the list in 2015 or subsequent years.
It is understood Mr Mooney would not have earned enough for inclusion between 2015 and 2019.
Top of the list for 2025 was Claire Byrne - who left RTÉ last year - on €280,000, followed by Patrick Kielty earning €266,323 and Miriam O'Callaghan as the third-highest earner on €244,797.
Mr Mooney is seventh on that list at €202,264.
The Chair of the Board of RTÉ Terence O'Rourke said that the Board supports the "ongoing commitment by RTÉ to transparency, as evidenced in today’s announcement".
"We acknowledge the scrutiny brought by RTÉ in preparing RTÉ’s 2025 Annual Report and fully support the decision to review the previous categorisations of RTÉ’s top ten highest-paid presenters," he said.