Geraldine O'Leary announces early retirement from RTÉ

Geraldine O'Leary has announced that she is to take early retirement from her role as RTÉ's Director of Commercial with immediate effect.

In a statement, Ms O'Leary said: "My career at RTÉ is a great source of pride and honour to me. Bringing my retirement forward by a number of weeks is not something I had anticipated. However, I recognise that a fresh leadership team, starting today, is vital as Kevin Bakhurst sets out to renew RTÉ, and I have agreed to facilitate that."

Mr Bakhurst thanked Ms O'Leary for her "huge contribution to RTÉ over many years".