RTE Top Earners 2019

liam7831

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/revealed-ryan-tubridy-tops-list-as-rtes-top-10-share-95m-over-three-years-39991307.html

Who is their right mind would pay a license to subsidise this.

Atlantic Dawn

How do they get away with their adverts promoting the truth wall to wall displaying a completely unreadable graphic of the top 10 on the list, it's like a Communist Party cover up. RTE - The Truth Matters...me bollix....


https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0120/1190981-rte-on-air-earners/

Agent Coulson

I would imagine the contractors are all paid from the ad revenue they bring in.

There is only 4 RTE employees on that list.

Atlantic Dawn

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I would imagine the contractors are all paid from the ad revenue they bring in.

Have you listened to the ad breaks on Liveline recently for ads generating actual revenue for RTE?

NIMAN

Let's be honest, they are rte employees by proxy.

You really think Tubs, Duffy, Miriam, George Hamilton, Claire Byrne aren't lifers at Montrose?

They are only contractors for tax reasons.

Smee_Again

Poor Tubbers hasn’t had a pay increase since 2017, the poor lad. I wonder how he’s coping.

Skid X

There's a slightly bigger version of that graphic they would rather you didn't read

https://about.rte.ie/2021/01/20/rte-publishes-highest-presenter-earnings-for-2017-2018-and-2019/

Welsh Megaman

That table makes for interesting reading.






*makes TV presenter showreel to send to Noel Kelly*

Beechwoodspark

Quite disgusting to see those salaries

Beechwoodspark

Is George Hamilton a freelancer? Or RTÉ contractor?

What the hell does he do to justify that salary?

ollaetta

Never mind the contractors, the employee figures are eye-watering.

AMKC

Its disgraceful the salwry' they are on. An absolute joke. If Gay Byrne had of earned as much as Tubridy ok I would say he deserved it at least he made the Late Late Show entertaining, interesting and controversial. Ryan Tubridy has not got a clue how to do that. It's all misery misery and more misery from him. Even the Toy show at Christmas was crap. Not a single toy on it either. The top 3 or 5 should have there salary halted at least. RTE need to save money. That is what they should do. They do not like it fine then go get a job at the BBC or somewhere else see how much they will get.

Looking at it on the news they could easily save 1million euros and then maybe pay the low earning staff at the station a bit more he even hire a few more people for the money they would save. I would cut 200thosand from the top two and reduce everyone else's to 200thosand euros. That would save them loads.

Atlantic Dawn

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Quite disgusting to see those salaries

Dee Forbes would actually make 5th place herself in 2019 with her package so to speak...

Recent accounts show Dee Forbes, the director general, receives a salary of €250,000, a €25,000 car allowance and pension contributions of €63,000 – bringing her total remuneration package to €338,000.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/salaries-for-10-highest-paid-rt%C3%A9-presenters-amounted-to-3m-in-2016-1.4075822

walshb

Ray is truly a fooking mystery..

Only in Ireland.

StevenToast

Thank you for setting up this thread.

Did you notice RTE releasing the figures today....Joe Biden inauguration day.

Hoping the noise from that would drown the scandalous amounts out.

Tubridy will dodge the bullets by waffling on about biden in the morning.

Disgusting salaries.

I certainly wont be paying the licence fee ( I wasnt anyway!)

StevenToast

AMKC wrote: »

Its disgraceful the salwry' they are on. An absolute joke. If Gay Byrne had of earned as much as Tubridy ok I would say he deserved it at least he made the Late Late Show entertaining, interesting and controversial. Ryan Tubridy has not got a clue how to do that. It's all misery misery and more misery from him. Even the Toy show at Christmas was crap. Not a single toy on it either. The top 3 or 5 should have there salary halted at least. RTE need to save money. That is what they should do. They do not like it fine then go get a job at the BBC or somewhere else see how much they will get.

Looking at it on the news they could easily save 1million euros and then maybe pay the low earning staff at the station a bit more he even hire a few more people for the money they would save. I would cut 200thosand from the top two and reduce everyone else's to 200thosand euros. That would save them loads.

Stop talking common sense

JP Liz V1

Ray D'Arsehole 450,000 wtf how :mad:

funkey_monkey

Studz Entertainment Ltd - nicky byrne :pac:

quinnd6

Most of them have bs company names calling themselves companies.
Does that mean they don't have to pay any tax on their hundreds of thousands?

TallGlass2

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Dee Forbes would actually make 5th place herself in 2019 with her package so to speak...


https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/salaries-for-10-highest-paid-rt%C3%A9-presenters-amounted-to-3m-in-2016-1.4075822

People need to put these amounts at RTE and public services into perspective. We are paying these people, nearly X10 the average salary or X5 a decent salary.

What do the tax payers get in return?

RTE encouraging tax dodging, let be honest, contractors my arse. 50k artist exception right off the bat if I am correct.

Dee grow a set if they are contractors half the salaries and have someone in standby to fill the role if they don't like it.

And only 1% of RTEs budget said as if that is something decent? RTE has such a large budget cause it's a mess finically and the black hole like other state organisations get bigger year on year.

Mrsmum

Ray Darcy being worth that baffles me. Can't see what people see in him.

Rubberchikken

I pay the licence fee fool that I am. Its just to stop some so called inspector annoying me at my front door.
Wouldn't mind but I don't receive rte and don't watch tv per se. Just netflix and DVDs.

There is no way any of the presenters on that list deserve that pay.
A more talentless agrivating bunch of people you'd be hard pressed to find.

quinnd6

Mrsmum wrote: »

Ray Darcy being worth that baffles me. Can't see what people see in him.

The only thing Ray D'Arcy was ever any good on was the den.
You have Tubridy on 495k asking all of Ireland to dig into their pockets and help all the charities, trying to keep us all miserable with misery stories while he's keeping all his 495k for himself and dodging tax by calling himself a company.
Bit of a disgrace isn't it really.

Clareman

I always thought 2FM was a commercial entity and not included in the overall RTE figures.

Personally I don't think any presenter in Ireland is worth ~half a million a year BUT they are headlining the top shows both on radio and TV so being the top paid does make sense, I'd have them all on profit sharing for their shows rather than a base salary though, that way if their shows do well they do well and there's no money taken out of the license fee.

dulpit

Couple of things I take from this list:
Tubridy presents the radio show and the Late Late. Say what you want about him, but he obviously brings something to those shows (late late in particular). It's crazy money, but market forces/etc.

Ray D'Arcy baffles me - his show is relatively short, it's a black hole devoid of entertainment. I assume he's on the big money because he was poached from Today FM and they signed a contract, but I would question if they are getting a return.

For me, Duffy is the most galling. His show runs with or without him. One of the most impactful Livelines last year was after golfgate when people were ringing in about their loved ones passing/etc. If memory serves, Katie Hannon was presenting then?

Oh, and as someone else said - Studz Entertainment Ltd as Nicky Byrne's company name is amazing.

Idbatterim

Clareman wrote: »

I always thought 2FM was a commercial entity and not included in the overall RTE figures.

Personally I don't think any presenter in Ireland is worth ~half a million a year BUT they are headlining the top shows both on radio and TV so being the top paid does make sense, I'd have them all on profit sharing for their shows rather than a base salary though, that way if their shows do well they do well and there's no money taken out of the license fee.

its the shows that have been around for decades and that are the institutions. Not some toff with the personality of a mop. Graham norton is a good entertainer for example, Ryan tubridy? you reckon he would land a gig anywhere other than this small rock? I mean the LLS still gets good viewership figures and it has been appalling for years... So this nonsense of "its the presenter" it isnt, it is the name of the show, peoples viewing habits, hence they watch the absolute depressing crap

Ash.J.Williams

Idbatterim wrote: »

its the shows that have been around for decades and that are the institutions. Not some toff with the personality of the mop. I mean the LLS still gets good viewership figures and it has been appalling for years... So this nonsense of "its the presenter" it isnt, it is the name of the show, peoples viewing habits, hence they watch the absolute depressing crap

And the presenter with a script that bears no resemblance to the conversation

Dempo1

liam7831 wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/revealed-ryan-tubridy-tops-list-as-rtes-top-10-share-95m-over-three-years-39991307.html

Who is their right mind would pay a license to subsidise this.

Couldn't agree more, just beyond comprehensible. I wouldn't mind if there was an ounce of Talent between this motley crew.

During lockdowns, I found myself watching more Irish TV and listening to Irish Radio. Apart from a few presenters (not even mentioned here), the rest was utterly dreadful. News & current affairs presentation in particular just awful.

I just don't get these outrageous salaries, very very simple solution is offer a reasonable salary, they can take it or leave, what's their option? Virgin "tabloid reality show" media? I think not. How RTE ever got into this absurdity is beyond me. One interesting thing I noticed was this claim salaries have been reduced, I'm not seeing this in TURDbidys figures.

Finally, I've also noticed throughout the past few months, most of our quality journalists seem to be working for France 24, Euronews, speaks volumes really.

Mimon

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Studz Entertainment Ltd - nicky byrne :pac:

Yes, that is the real tragedy here

Clareman

Idbatterim wrote: »

its the shows that have been around for decades and that are the institutions. Not some toff with the personality of a mop. Graham norton is a good entertainer for example, Ryan tubridy? you reckon he would land a gig anywhere other than this small rock? I mean the LLS still gets good viewership figures and it has been appalling for years... So this nonsense of "its the presenter" it isnt, it is the name of the show, peoples viewing habits, hence they watch the absolute depressing crap

Absolutely they have the benefit of the show or being on Prime Time, this happens everywhere, earn your dues on other shows/timeslots and then get the big gig at which point they are on profit sharing rather than big salaries, saying that I'm sure the LLS is profit making for RTE and cover his salary.

RTE Saturday night chat show slot has gone around the houses for years looking for a presenter.

and yet everyone tunes into that tripe that is the toy show...vote with your feet, tune off..

I find it hilarious that all these celebs and TV personalities are jumping up and down "evolving, adapting and being inventive" during the pandemic... they're not, they're jumping up waving and shouting like clickbait looking for your attention, trying to be relevant...they're all like a bad habit, give them no attention and they fade away...I've read more books than ever in the last year and have developed a real thirst for it, don't pay their wages end of story.

Sorolla

These broadcasters are very well paid - I agree with that.

The reason they are well paid is because they are the Creme de la Creme of broadcasting Talent in the Northern Hemisphere.

Our broadcasters are the envy of the world and let us just look at those who try their luck away from Ireland :

Norton
Wogan
Eamon Andrews
Henry Kelly

....
..,,

See what happens - they rise to the top.

If we do not pay top wages to our best broadcasters they will be poached by all the big networks - they will also earn top wages.

If we pay our broadcasters peanuts we will get monkeys.

Recently I was traveling abroad and I was speaking to a well spoken gentleman who was originally from Hamburg and I complemented him on his beautiful diction and he told he that when he was a young lad he grew up in Hamburg listening to RTÉ radio and that is the reason he has a wonderful diction.

So to cut a long story short :

We are the envy of the world

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys

So to speak

Ash.J.Williams

rusty cole wrote: »

and yet everyone tunes into that tripe that is the toy show...vote with your feet, tune off..

I find it hilarious that all these celebs and TV personalities are jumping up and down "evolving, adapting and being inventive" during the pandemic... they're not, they're jumping up waving and shouting like clickbait looking for your attention, trying to be relevant...they're all like a bad habit, give them no attention and they fade away...I've read more books than ever in the last year and have developed a real thirst for it, don't pay their wages end of story.

they are definitely contributing to the anxiety of the vulnerable during the pandemic, going out of their way to promote negativity.

biggebruv

Where’s poor Maura Duran Duran she’s a ride that one

walshb

biggebruv wrote: »

Where’s poor Maura Duran Duran she’s a ride that one

Steady on there, lad!

jface187

Sorolla wrote: »

These broadcasters are very well paid - I agree with that.

The reason they are well paid is because they are the Creme de la Creme of broadcasting Talent in the Northern Hemisphere.

Our broadcasters are the envy of the world and let us just look at those who try their luck away from Ireland :

Norton
Wogan
Eamon Andrews
Henry Kelly

....
..,,

See what happens - they rise to the top.

If we do not pay top wages to our best broadcasters they will be poached by all the big networks - they will also earn top wages.

If we pay our broadcasters peanuts we will get monkeys.

Recently I was travelling abroad and I was speaking to a well-spoken gentleman who was originally from Hamburg and I complimented him on his beautiful diction and he told he that when he was a young lad he grew up in Hamburg listening to RTÉ radio and that is the reason he has a wonderful diction.

So to cut a long story short :

We are the envy of the world

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys

So to speak

I doubt we're the "envy" of the world. Norton was a comedian and as far as I'm aware he never worked for RTE. He went to acting school in London and the acting wasn't working and to get more stage time he started comedy. He was a natural, his first big break was guest hosting a Channel 5 chat show that leads to him getting his Channel 4 show. It's more of a statement of RTE not developing talent than any sign of them being a breeding ground for talent.
To be honest I had to google the other lads, Eamon Andrews & Henry Kelly. I knew Wogan all right. Pretty telling you can't point to more modern names that "RTE" let slip through their figures than those three lads.

I no issue paying people decent money it just comes down to again RTE not investing in comedy talents or new formats. I would say one of the main RTE presenters is Nicky Clarke the lad from Westlife, which just says it all. Anybody with a bit of celebrity from outside Ireland seems to be golden. Jenifer
Zamparelli was on The Apprentice in the U.K. so she becomes the main comedy person in RTE, Craig Doyle did well in the U.K presenting shows so he was given three different chat shows in a row that all bombed. RTE was going to give him another one till he said stop, I can't take anymore. The Irish lad from Love Island last year seems to be someone there grooming too.

funkey_monkey

jface187 wrote: »

I would say one of the main RTE presenters is Nicky Clarke the lad from Westlife, which just says it all.

He's aged badly since leaving them :pac:

Clareman

Sorolla wrote: »

These broadcasters are very well paid - I agree with that.

The reason they are well paid is because they are the Creme de la Creme of broadcasting Talent in the Northern Hemisphere.

Our broadcasters are the envy of the world and let us just look at those who try their luck away from Ireland :

Norton
Wogan
Eamon Andrews
Henry Kelly

....
..,,

See what happens - they rise to the top.

If we do not pay top wages to our best broadcasters they will be poached by all the big networks - they will also earn top wages.

If we pay our broadcasters peanuts we will get monkeys.

Recently I was traveling abroad and I was speaking to a well spoken gentleman who was originally from Hamburg and I complemented him on his beautiful diction and he told he that when he was a young lad he grew up in Hamburg listening to RTÉ radio and that is the reason he has a wonderful diction.

So to cut a long story short :

We are the envy of the world

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys

So to speak

I don't know, of the 4 people you've mentioned Graham Norton was an actor who neve worked in broadcasting in Ireland AFAIK, Henry Kelly was a journalist who started in broadcasting in the UK, Terry Wogan worked for RTE and BBC before going full time with the BBC, Eamonn Andrews was around before RTE so probably not fair to reflect on him.

I really don't think any of our presenters would make a go of it in the UK or a bigger market, there's just far too much competition, I also think that if they thought they could make a go of it in the UK they'd be gone. Saying that, the salaries are nothing as bad as they were during the Celtic Tiger, Pat Kenny was on nearly a million, Gerry Ryan over €600k.(source) so that's something.

Comparing Ryan Tubridy to Graham Norton is probably a bit unfair because I think Norton owns the production company for his TV show so he makes money off that (profit sharing) BUT his salary was just ~50% more than Tubridy, considering the much larger audience that doesn't add up to me. (source)

KaneToad

Clareman wrote: »

Comparing Ryan Tubridy to Graham Norton is probably a bit unfair because I think Norton owns the production company for his TV show so he makes money off that (profit sharing) BUT his salary was just ~50% more than Tubridy, considering the much larger audience that doesn't add up to me. (source)

Norton has better guests due to being in London. Also his show is a pre record and edited. The LIVE nature of the LLS helps make it into a cringe fest steaming pile.

Not a fan of Tubridy but it is unfair to compare directly with Norton's show.

Thinkingaboutit

It remains startling that these jokers get double what An Taoiseach gets, roughly the same as Pres Joe Biden, and it cannot be unfair to say their work is somewhat more significant. The claim is that they draw advertisers and this is a slice, but if there was anyone at that slot, I suspect fairly similar revenue. The audiences they draw are tiny compared to BBC stars. There are better paid Beeb presenters, but their reach is vastly wider, and if they left it, they could have a reasonable chance of work at another broadcaster. Past experience shows the RTÉ bruisers have nowhere else to go, unless the likes of Denis O'Brien becomes a patron, as with Pat Kenny, and he remains in Ireland. The 'pay peanuts, get monkeys' line is just weak. We already get monkeys and they get more than peanuts. Tubs really must owe his position to political pedigree, making RTÉ employee or contractor (consider also how staff vacancies get filled) the last hereditary occupation. I'd like to see that lot with a harp cursing the foes of Leo or Denis O'Brien in poetic Middle Irish, thinking of an older hereditary occupation.

Nearly all the people cited by Sorolla went straight to the UK and were journalists, actors and comedians who carved out a big audience before they became broadcasters. Eamon Andrews had made it in a vastly larger market before he came back here.

Clareman

KaneToad wrote: »

Norton has better guests due to being in London. Also his show is a pre record and edited. The LIVE nature of the LLS helps make it into a cringe fest steaming pile.

Not a fan of Tubridy but it is unfair to compare directly with Norton's show.

The format of Norton is brilliant as well, having them all on at once for chat is a brilliant format, I think his studio is close to where premiers are held so he gets a lot of stars in straight after the premier. The LLS is an institution at this stage and there would be uproar if anyone was to try to change the format

CONSI

whatever about Tubbs, you could argue he is top of the tree and the flagship RTE show, blah blah etc etc...the rest all should have an enforced 40% pay cut, Darcy was supposed to do a saturday night show...doesnt and does a few hours a day on radio..Joe Duffy has always shocked me in terms of salary, Marty Morrissey is on about 6k a week aswell...no sports company would touch him for any coverage, ripe for a pay cut aswell and RTE could blame covid and loss of advertising revenue. Cap them at 150k and if they think they can get more elsewhere then off they go..Marian Finucane and Miriam O'Callaghan, 300k+ each, for what exactly

Clareman

D'Arcy was signed from a rival and is both a TV and radio presenter, which so is Tubridy. A decent salary cap and a profit sharing gig is the best way to go although that might cost RTE more than the actual salary.

Hyperbollix

Tubridy should be on children's TV presenter salary, because that's all he's capable of doing.

In the last 5 years of huge political turmoil, I don't think there's been one panel debate on the late late show about the impact of Brexit or Trump. What happened to those great debates that the LLS used to be known for, with audience questions for the panelists.

And instead of any serious analysis of Biden's election, on Friday night, you can bet Tubridy will instead be Zooming to Mayo to chat with his relatives and ask them the crucial question... "How Irish does Joe feel, go one tell us, does he feel.........90% Irish??!!.... HAH!!"

It's a travesty that such a poor, uninformed, incurious interviewer commands the top salary at the organisation.

walshb

Hyperbollix wrote: »

It's a travesty that such a poor, uninformed, incurious interviewer commands the top salary at the organisation.

This pretty much sums him up

And as inept and weak as he is, he is still streets ahead of Ray

Ryan at least had articulation and fluency and some clue about stuff...

Ray...mother of divine jaysus..

Hyperbollix

walshb wrote: »

This pretty much sums him up

And as inept and weak as he is, he is still streets ahead of Ray

Ryan at least had articulation and fluency and some clue about stuff...

Ray...mother of divine jaysus..

Yeah well Ray is no broadcasting titan but he's always given off the vibe of a decent bloke at least.

Tubridy is one of those cnuts that does a great watery eye and heaving chest routine whenever there's a moving item to be covered, but I know full well he would step over a homeless person holding a cup and tell him to get a job while he's at it.

JJayoo

Didn't Tubs write a book on JFK? Isn't there some tax loop holes for authors?

brian_t

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Studz Entertainment Ltd - nicky byrne :pac:

His father Nicky Snr had his own band called "Nicky and the Studz".

brian_t

JJayoo wrote: »

Didn't Tubs write a book on JFK? Isn't there some tax loop holes for authors?

Yes but only on the income from the book sales.

SeaFields

I don't get the advertising argument and anyone with a corporate financial brain in their head should say the same. Tubs is presenting the longest running chat show of its type in the world. People tune in out of sheer habit. I could start presenting with my awkward Cork head and still get an audience. He is such a poor interviewer too it's laughable. Unless it's in a cue card he's lost. He's not everyones cup of tea but to see the difference with Tommy Tiernan interviewing. It's so natural to him and so unnatural to tubs.

The long running threads on boards show a lot of people listen to Joe Duffy just to laugh at how poor he is. Commanding that salary for that poor quality is crazy.

As has been said, leave them go elsewhere if they really think they're worth it.

NIMAN

Joe Duffy and the liveline has always said it's a discussion on what the nation wants to chat about. It's meant to be listener driven.

Yet they have never had a discussion about rte salaries. Despite it being a big talking point when they are released.

He is obviously afraid to have an honest, on air debate about his salary and worth.

Same goes for Tubs and Darcy. It is never mentioned on their shows
At the end of the day, you can't blame these people, if someone wanted to pay me half a mill every year then I'd take it too. It's the head of rte who needs to grow a set and take a stand. We all know if these guys had their contracts halved next time they are up for renewal, none of them would leave, cos they still wouldn't a quarter of a mill anywhere else.