Mr. Adrian Lynch:

I have something quite material to add here, referencing other emails. First, looking at the terms, €435,000 was not the final agreed fee and there was no exit fee of €75,000. This was a negotiation that was ongoing and was not completed because the agent was insistent that there should be a side letter that was written by RTÉ, underwriting the agreement. That went on through March and April. That letter was not forthcoming. When RTÉ provided the five-year contract for Ryan Tubridy it had drafted, the agent drafted a letter saying that RTÉ would underwrite the fee and supplied that back. That letter was never signed. In March of this year, after Deloitte had raised serious issues around payments to Ryan Tubridy which should have been declared, RTÉ wrote to the agent on two occasions - and we have the emails here - to ask what the invoices were in relation to. On both occasions, NK Management wrote back to say that the invoices - and I can read the emails if necessary - related to a verbal agreement on 7 May 2020 between Noel Kelly and Dee Forbes. I concur with a lot of Mr. Kelly's evidence from Tuesday. I did go back to check one key point, which I would like to clarify, which is significant in terms of-----