Joining Mario this morning to discuss the future now for RTE as it faces uncertainty was entertainment journalist Eoin Murphy. Earlier in the week Moya Doherty who is chairwoman of the RTÉ Board has said it  has been  "starved of funding for a long, long time."

Many point to the large salaries of the staff members within the organisation however this is not the primary source of its issues and failure to remain financially sustainable.

The RTE Director General Dee Forbes announced news that it was cutting 200 of it`s 1800 staff in order to restructure the organisation, however is it a case of too little too late and what can be done to save the public service?

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