Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

AndyBoBandy

Saturday morning. 6:10am

RTÉ 1 - Euronews
RTÉ 2 - Euronews

At least TG4 are showing France 24

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Elmo

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Just to clear a few mix-ups about who was presenting the UK elections last night on TV.

It was Dobbo in London along with the Prime Time presenters in Dublin & Belfast.

Why was adobo in London when Dimitri o’Donnell is based there?

Why was O’Callaghan in Belfast when the have a number of correspondents covering the north?

They could have stayed in Dublin, no.

smelly sock

Ryan Tubridy earns (steals) 9520 euro per week. **** sake thats criminal considering they are broke.

Marian Finucane wasn't on air this morning, Brendan O'Connor filled in for her.

I think it's €300k per year she's on for 2 mornings work each week and she doesn't show up for a number of them.

ednwireland

https://extra.ie/2019/12/16/entertainment/movies-tv/sharon-ni-bheolain-rte-feud

looks like sharon is throiwing her toys out of her pram after catriona perry was sent london for the UK election results.

honestly just sack them if they arent prepared to work

TheRiverman

Elmo wrote: »

Why was adobo in London when Dimitri o’Donnell is based there?

Why was O’Callaghan in Belfast when the have a number of correspondents covering the north?

They could have stayed in Dublin, no.

Sean Whelan is also based in London now.

TheRiverman

ednwireland wrote: »

https://extra.ie/2019/12/16/entertainment/movies-tv/sharon-ni-bheolain-rte-feud

looks like sharon is throiwing her toys out of her pram after catriona perry was sent london for the UK election results.

honestly just sack them if they arent prepared to work

Sharon was shown up badly how poor she is on an outside broadcast during the Pope's visit.

Elmo

TheRiverman wrote: »

Sharon was shown up badly how poor she is on an outside broadcast during the Pope's visit.

I don't think Perry is much better.... also afaik both Sharon and Jon are hot heads, so they were bound to clash.

Harry Palmr

Sharon Ni Bheolain is an uppity 'mare.

NIMAN

Second time she's done this.

If she can't accept her bosses decisions, maybe she needs to look elsewhere for work?

Elmo

NIMAN wrote: »

Second time she's done this.

If she can't accept her bosses decisions, maybe she needs to look elsewhere for work?

From what I gather he's not too nice himself.

Ash.J.Williams

seriously though what real world job can you ignore your boss permanently and both of you stay in your jobs!

Elmo

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

seriously though what real world job can you ignore your boss permanently and both of you stay in your jobs!

Yes, HR should become involved. I'd get rid of the person who sits on the executive board of RTÉ. But then I'd also have to quit if I was the HR Manager! But the Executive should resign.

Boggles

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

seriously though what real world job can you ignore your boss permanently and both of you stay in your jobs!

Brendan Bendar

Boggles wrote: »

RTE?

retalivity

I always thought dobbo looked like he smelled of rich mahogany

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ednwireland wrote: »

looks like sharon is throiwing her toys out of her pram after catriona perry was sent london for the UK election results.

Probably annoyed that she didn't get an all-expenses-paid Christmas shopping trip to London.

Of course, Ní Bheoláin can't be fired over her behaviour because she would bleat about "sexism" and "treatment of women at RTÉ" and "gender pay gap" and threaten lawsuits.

But the notion that she can just not show up for work whenever she feels like it shows an entitlement mentality of the highest order. If it was a private company, she'd be heading out the door with her belongings in a cardboard box.

Brendan Bendar

Amiyah Melted Sister-in-law wrote: »

Probably annoyed that she didn't get an all-expenses-paid Christmas shopping trip to London.

Of course, Ní Bheoláin can't be fired over her behaviour because she would bleat about "sexism" and "treatment of women at RTÉ" and "gender pay gap" and threaten lawsuits.

But the notion that she can just not show up for work whenever she feels like it shows an entitlement mentality of the highest order. If it was a private company, she'd be heading out the door with her belongings in a cardboard box.

This kind of behaviour needs to be eliminated.
Two people need to do their job

Sharon or Dee Forbes.

end of the road

Amiyah Melted Sister-in-law wrote: »

Of course, Ní Bheoláin can't be fired over her behaviour because she would bleat about "sexism" and "treatment of women at RTÉ" and "gender pay gap" and threaten lawsuits.

if rte want her out then it will happen, regardless of what she bleats.

CrankyHaus

Amiyah Melted Sister-in-law wrote: »

Probably annoyed that she didn't get an all-expenses-paid Christmas shopping trip to London.

Of course, Ní Bheoláin can't be fired over her behaviour because she would bleat about "sexism" and "treatment of women at RTÉ" and "gender pay gap" and threaten lawsuits.

But the notion that she can just not show up for work whenever she feels like it shows an entitlement mentality of the highest order. If it was a private company, she'd be heading out the door with her belongings in a cardboard box.

Aren't we repeatedly told that these presenters are private contractors, not owed the usual trappings of employment like pensions, whenever we criticise their stratospheric costs.


Yet when it comes to basic and wilful non-performance of their contract they're given leniency more akin to a civil servant with decades of time served, essentially unfireable.



So which is it? Highly paid footloose contractors or secure public servants subject to public service payscales?



Or is it both, whichever suits them better at any given time; just like RTE is both a public service broadcaster that must be protected to maintain our democracy and the advertisement stuffed programmer of imported soap-operas.

Elmo

CrankyHaus wrote: »

Aren't we repeatedly told that these presenters are private contractors, not owed the usual trappings of employment like pensions, whenever we criticise their stratospheric costs.

She would be staff AFAIK, she isn't one of the top earners.

I don't know I'd still fire the man in charge of 2 bureaus one in Belfast and one in London for sending a presenting team to both locations when staff are already in those locations. None of those presenters should have been sent, when others could have covered.

Kivaro

Our money is being well spent on tonight's episode of RTE Investigates.
"Two years after being recognised as a distinct ethnic group, RTE Investigates examines the accommodation crisis for travellers."

With all the real crisis situations going on in Ireland, is that what the crack team of RTE investigators spend days/weeks/months working on?
My guess is that this will be a one-sided investigation e.g. questions will not be asked on the employment situation of these travellers, or the team will not investigate the source of funds behind the high-end vehicles of some of these travellers looking for free housing.

Where is RTE's investigation into the Insurance industry in Ireland?
Or indeed the false claimants who are driving up insurance prices for the rest of us? (Hint: you may find a correlation between these scammers and the topic of the 'show' tonight).

Elmo

Kivaro wrote: »

Where is RTE's investigation into the Insurance industry in Ireland?
Or indeed the false claimants who are driving up insurance prices for the rest of us? (Hint: you may find a correlation between these scammers and the topic of the 'show' tonight).

I’d say you’d also find a few insurance companies behind those inflated insurance costs.

elperello

That programme has been postponed.
Longer Prime Time followed by Showbands.

end of the road

Kivaro wrote: »

Our money is being well spent on tonight's episode of RTE Investigates.
"Two years after being recognised as a distinct ethnic group, RTE Investigates examines the accommodation crisis for travellers."

With all the real crisis situations going on in Ireland, is that what the crack team of RTE investigators spend days/weeks/months working on?

real crisis situations?
if travelers are facing issues accessing accommodation then i am afraid, that is a crisis. one's disagreement with them or other issues involving members of the community, or even one's dislike of them does not change that reality.

Kivaro wrote: »

My guess is that this will be a one-sided investigation e.g. questions will not be asked on the employment situation of these travellers, or the team will not investigate the source of funds behind the high-end vehicles of some of these travellers looking for free housing.

unless it's relevant to the theme of the program then there is no reason to waste time investigating such issues as it takes away from what the program is there to hi-light.
by all means investigate those issues separately, i think it has been done already, but the program would be about the accommodation crisis travelers face and not other issues that some members of the community will be involved in.
there is nothing 1 sided about investigating a specific issue effecting a community some will have issues with or even dislike.

Kivaro wrote: »

Where is RTE's investigation into the Insurance industry in Ireland?
Or indeed the false claimants who are driving up insurance prices for the rest of us? (Hint: you may find a correlation between these scammers and the topic of the 'show' tonight).

i'm sure it will come at some stage.

Pa ElGrande

Its not just the TV shows they repeat, the guests are repeats as well

THE LATE MATE SHOW Dermot Bannon appeared 11 times on RTE chat shows over past four years as we reveal Irish telly’s most repeated guests.

mgn

Pa ElGrande wrote: »

Its not just the TV shows they repeat, the guests are repeats as well

THE LATE MATE SHOW Dermot Bannon appeared 11 times on RTE chat shows over past four years as we reveal Irish telly’s most repeated guests.

And then the have the cheek to look for an increase in the licence fee, shower of muppets.

ShamNNspace

Pa ElGrande wrote: »

Its not just the TV shows they repeat, the guests are repeats as well

THE LATE MATE SHOW Dermot Bannon appeared 11 times on RTE chat shows over past four years as we reveal Irish telly’s most repeated guests.

And if that wasn't enough the licence payer subsidises a large extension to his home and I see they're about to do the same for Dr Avas property in Portugal

elperello

Pa ElGrande wrote: »

Its not just the TV shows they repeat, the guests are repeats as well

THE LATE MATE SHOW Dermot Bannon appeared 11 times on RTE chat shows over past four years as we reveal Irish telly’s most repeated guests.

I suppose it being a small country the pool of prospective guests is quite restricted.
Probably not enough international guests coming to Dublin these days.
What about a return to the panel type of chat show?

dublinman1990

Nathan Carter is on again with his 3 Arena show after The Tommy Tiernan Show tonight. Has that been repeated before?