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25th August 2015
10:56pm BST
Ryan Tubridy presents RTÉ's flagship The Late Late Show.
The station forked out more than €425,000 on its stars' wardrobe, according to the documents which were obtained by the Irish Independent.
This is more than double last years bill which saw €207,687 spent on clothes, shoes and accessories for onscreen talent.
RTE stars' wardrobe bill doubled on the previous year.
The station's entertainment shows ate up the biggest chunk of the budget, with The Late Late Show seeing a spend of €20,689 this year compared to just €9,519 spent in 2013.
The station also clocked up a ten per cent increase in its travel bill since 2013, ringing in at €2,004,000 this year.
A statement released by RTÉ said: "In overall terms RTÉ has reduced its operating cost by almost €130M since 2008. During this period RTÉ has also been subject to extensive independent review; including a review by New Era which found RTÉ to be efficiently run".Explore more on these topics:
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