The interim report into RTÉ’s barter account, which came to be known as a “slush fund” during Oireachtas committee hearings, has landed. The report, compiled by Mazars and delivered to Minister for Media Catherine Martin this Friday, does not set out to make findings or conclusions, but many can be drawn from its drilling down into the finer notes of the barter account used by the broadcaster to purchase flip-flops, Spice Girl tickets and a €150,000 payment to Ryan Tubridy, which was the catalyst for the controversy that has engulfed RTÉ for months. The report “again highlights inadequate internal controls…

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