People are outraged by the €5000 the broadcaster spent on Havianas
It's been an... ahem... interesting few weeks for RTE, with the state broadcaster's financial accounts coming under serious scrutiny following the revelations around Ryan Tubridy's salary.
However, one of the most jaw-dropping revelations has come in the last day or so, when a list of outlandish expenses has made headlines - most notably, the broadcaster spending a whopping €5,000 on 200 pairs of Havianas flip-flops.
Needless to say, it wasn't long before #flipflops was trending on Irish Twitter. Here are some of the best tweets about #flipflopgate...