The RTÉ Board is a seven-member body which makes policy and guiding corporate direction for RTÉ

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...

, Ireland's state public broadcaster.

Current members of the shortly to be dissolved Authority will now form the interim RTÉ Board until the new appointments procedure is activated by the Minister. Current Board members are:

Tom Savage Tom Savage (Irish media figure) Tom Savage is chairman of the RTÉ Board, which oversees Ireland's state broadcaster, and chairman of Irish media consultancy group The Communications Clinic.-Early Years:... , Chairperson Karlin Lillington Fergus Armstrong Patricia Quinn Patricia Quinn Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens is a Northern Irish actress best known for her role as Magenta in the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show . Hers were the red lips that appeared in the film's opening song "Science Fiction/Double Feature"...

Sean O'Sullivan Sean O'Sullivan Sean Patrick Paul O'Sullivan, CM was a Canadian politician who left politics and became a Roman Catholic priest.... Emer Finnan Noel Curran Noel Curran Noel Curran is a radio and television producer and current Director-General of RTÉ. He joined Raidió Teilifís Éireann as a reporter in 1992 after a period working as a business journalist for Business & Finance magazine. He later produced both Kenny Live and The Late Late Show... , Director-General Director-General of RTÉ The Director-General of Raidió Teilifís Éireann is chief executive and editor in chief of RTÉ. The current Director-General is Noel Curran, and is the most senior person in the Public Service Broadcaster, Noel Curran replaced Cathal Goan in the role in February 2011.The RTÉ Board appoints the...  (ex-officio)

Role

The Board, then known as the RTÉ Authority, was established as the Radio Éireann Authority under the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960. The Authority is actually the legal entity known as Radio Telefís Éireann and the body which has legal responsibility to run the services authorised under the Broadcasting Authority Acts 1960-2002. However in reality actual management of the services is delegated to the Director-General

Director-General of RTÉ

The Director-General of Raidió Teilifís Éireann is chief executive and editor in chief of RTÉ. The current Director-General is Noel Curran, and is the most senior person in the Public Service Broadcaster, Noel Curran replaced Cathal Goan in the role in February 2011.The RTÉ Board appoints the...

 and the staff of the Authority who together comprise RTÉ. The Authority met monthly and acted as RTÉ's board of directors

Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

, making general policy and overseeing the operations of RTÉ on a non-executive

Non-executive director

A non-executive director or outside director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. He or she is not an employee of the company or affiliated with it in any other way...

 basis.

The RTÉ Authority was appointed by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The RTÉ Executive

RTÉ Executive

The RTÉ Executive Board is a committee composed of the senior management of the Irish public service broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, responsible for the day-to-day running of the broadcaster.-Composition:...

 reported to the Authority via the Director-General.

Under the Broadcasting Act 2009, the RTÉ Authority lost the "Authority" moniker and is simply referred to as the Board, and loses its self regulatory function to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland ....

. The Board consists of 12 members - six nominated by the Minister, four nominated by the Minister on the advice of the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee

Joint committee

A Joint Committee is a term in politics that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization.-Republic of Ireland:...

 with responsibility for broadcasting, one worker director and the Director-General. http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2008/2908/b29b08s.pdf

A new Authority, the final authority, was appointed on 24 February 2009 on a six month interim basis, until the 2008 Bill was enacted.http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0224/rteauthority.html. The new Board of RTÉ and the four nominees of the Joint Committee

Joint committee

A Joint Committee is a term in politics that is used to refer to a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization.-Republic of Ireland:...

 with responsibility for broadcasting for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland ....

 members will be appointed in early 2010 by the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources. The RTÉ Executive

RTÉ Executive

The RTÉ Executive Board is a committee composed of the senior management of the Irish public service broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, responsible for the day-to-day running of the broadcaster.-Composition:...

would now report to the board.