Broadcaster Ryan Tubridy will allegedly return to the airwaves in September.
Ryan Tubridy stepped away from his radio show following the RTÉ payment scandal this summer, but insiders claim he is set to return to his RTÉ Radio 1 show next month.
A source told
The Irish Sun that there is "no valid reason why" Tubridy shouldn't be allowed back on air.
The Government insider said: "The feeling among most politicians is that Ryan Tubridy was hard done by and a number of accounting errors were made.
"Once the understatement of his salary was realised RTE management panicked and effectively hung him out to dry."
They added, "We’ll be expecting to see him back on his radio show in September."
He will pay back the additional €150,000 before he returns.
Minister Catherine Martin will also receive a report later this month about the incident. She will present the report to the Taoiseach and Cabinet in September.
The Grant Thornton Report into Tubridy's additional payments between 2017 and 2019 will reportedly clear Tubridy of all wrongdoing. The report claims he never actually received the additional funds.
The update comes after Tubridy paid tribute to his friend and singer Sinead O'Connor.
In a tribute in
The Irish Times, Tubridy said O'Connor supported him throughout the scandal.
"Two weeks ago, I was in Clifden escaping from reality when my phone rang. It was Sinéad – ‘Jesus man, what the f**k is going on?’ – and so began a very long chat about life and the universe.
"I won’t go into more detail but she understood darkness, she understood loyalty, she understood family and she understood love."
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