Ray Darcy on 400,000 a year

redlead · 01-08-2017 09:22PM

TheRiverman wrote: »

Totally agree with you about the salaries,but I'm sure Darragh Maloney's job is full time and he is excellent both at presenting and commentating.His salary obviously went up when he replaced the late Bill O'Herlihy.

I could be wrong but I heard that he is basically a stay at home dad as most of his work is at weekends or in the evenings. I've nothing against him and think he is excellent at his job but what's he generally doing most weeks when there are no matches?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 01-08-2017 09:23PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

Typical Ireland....

BBC release their salaries, and people complain that women aren't paid as well as men.

In begrudgory old Ireland, all people complain about is that "some one" they "don't like" is not worth what they are paid.

Get your own f**king job for 400k a year if you don't like it.

Market rates dictate pay... if you don't like it... work f**king harder or better.

What market rates? What market? A small pond here and the vast majority of these people would not be paid those salaries by any other employer.

Grandeeod · 01-08-2017 09:23PM

Irish tax payers are balls out unhappy with so much. Ray Darcy in the same company as a dole lifer, single mother and dare I say again, a min wage worker. The middle class need to down tools and rebel.:D

tomwaterford · 01-08-2017 09:24PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

Typical Ireland....

BBC release their salaries, and people complain that women aren't paid as well as men.

In begrudgory old Ireland, all people complain about is that "some one" they "don't like" is not worth what they are paid.

Get your own f**king job for 400k a year if you don't like it.

Market rates dictate pay... if you don't like it... work f**king harder or better.

How do they set the market rate for the wages....if he was getting paid less

There's not exactly a world of other comparable jobs he could go to?

Dampsquid · 01-08-2017 09:25PM

If there is no market, why don't you get a job for 400k at RTE.

The Royal Scam · 01-08-2017 09:26PM

This actually is a scandal. That is apart from the fact that the programme schedule and content are so weak.
I am in my early 40s , and listen to a lot of radio. I honestly do not know anybody who listens to his show on RTE Radio 1. I only know a handful of people who watch his TV show. Most people I ask cannot stand him. How is he getting away with it.

01-08-2017 09:26PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

Market rates dictate pay... if you don't like it... work f**king harder or better.

What market rates?

No other Irish media employer can afford those fees, which do not compute with UK audiences of similar size.

Furthermore, it's a bit odd referring to market competition in the context of a national broadcaster which eats up almost every cent of the licence fee. That's not a free market. RTE is in receipt of public money.

tomwaterford · 01-08-2017 09:27PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

If there is no market, why don't you get a job for 400k at RTE.

Exactly...no market

Why are Rte paying so much,if they have no competition for those they are employing??

Barry Badrinath · 01-08-2017 09:28PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

If there is no market, why don't you get a job for 400k at RTE.

*slow clap*

Good rebuttal. Do you think he is worth €400,000 for the work he does?

Never mind the begrudgery label you have introduced. It is perfectly fine to question that amount of payment for such little output.

You must be connected to RTE.

Atoms for Peace · 01-08-2017 09:29PM

Wasn't Brendan O'Connor pulling in a bigger audiance than the late late, yet they replace him with Ray D'Arcy whose today fm show was stagnanting, so it's a bit galling to hear the suites saying it's necessary to pay the ludicrous wages to bring in the audience.

Atlantic Dawn · 01-08-2017 09:30PM

Ray is on a brutal salary if you compare his workload to Joe Duffys and were paying them both for income they bring to the organisation.

sword1 · 01-08-2017 09:31PM

How much are they on per hour on the air /tv. The newsreaders are probably the highest!!

razorblunt · 01-08-2017 09:32PM

Bad and all as those top salaries are, I'd say there's alot of ~100k salaries plus, floating around Montrose doing **** all.

Cienciano · 01-08-2017 09:33PM

This makes me glad I don't pay a tv licence.

Cookie_Monster · 01-08-2017 09:34PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

Market rates dictate pay... if you don't like it... work f**king harder or better.

not in RTE they don't. The operate at a huge competitive advantage over the market place as they are backed up significantly by the licence fees. Remove either advertising or the licence fee from their income and see how well RTE go, not that they seem to be able to manage with both incomes at the moment either!

Dampsquid · 01-08-2017 09:34PM

Lol - no connection to RTE or Ray. But if RTE offered you 400k to do a radio program - which he ain't bad at. And a TV program on a prime time on a Saturday night which he is woeful at. Would you not accept it. Nobody is screwing the tax player. Ray doesn't hold a gun to RTE to demand payment. that is what he negotiated with them. If you have a problem with what some one is paid, why don't you have a go yourself.

redlead · 01-08-2017 09:36PM

The income to the station thing doesn't wash. How many listeners followed Pat Kenny to newstalk as opposed to just tuning into Sean O Rourke? Most regular listeners of Radio one that I know will always just listen to radio 1 regardless. The draw of these guys to the station for commercial reasons is vastly overstated. You could put a monkey in charge of the late late show and the viewership would probably stay the same.

suicide_circus · 01-08-2017 09:36PM

A solid investment of public money.

SEPT 23 1989 · 01-08-2017 09:40PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

Lol - no connection to RTE or Ray. But if RTE offered you 400k to do a radio program - which he ain't bad at. And a TV program on a prime time on a Saturday night which he is woeful at. Would you not accept it. Nobody is screwing the tax player. Ray doesn't hold a gun to RTE to demand payment. that is what he negotiated with them. If you have a problem with what some one is paid, why don't you have a go yourself.

We end up in jail if we dont pay for this sh1te

Thats how serious it is

KungPao · 01-08-2017 09:41PM

redlead wrote: »

The income to the station thing doesn't wash. How many listeners followed Pat Kenny to newstalk as opposed to just tuning into Sean O Rourke? Most regular listeners of Radio one that I know will always just listen to radio 1 regardless. The draw of these guys to the station for commercial reasons is vastly overstated. You could put a monkey in charge of the late late show and the viewership would probably stay the same.

I'd actually watch it if that were the case.

Beechwoodspark · 01-08-2017 09:41PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

Lol - no connection to RTE or Ray. But if RTE offered you 400k to do a radio program - which he ain't bad at. And a TV program on a prime time on a Saturday night which he is woeful at. Would you not accept it. Nobody is screwing the tax player. Ray doesn't hold a gun to RTE to demand payment. that is what he negotiated with them. If you have a problem with what some one is paid, why don't you have a go yourself.

It's daylight robbery. At the end of his absurdly generous contract RTÉ should offer him around 40 k for his services and if he can do better elsewhere, let him on!

Have no issue If he can get 400 k from a private employer but public funds should not be squandered on the likes of his brutal radio and tv broadcasts

redlead · 01-08-2017 09:43PM

KungPao wrote: »

I'd actually watch it if that were the case.

Ha it's a pity you aren't Dee Forbes; you'd probably offer me a part time producer gig on 400K a year ;-)

Capt'n Midnight · 01-08-2017 09:44PM

Nevermind Ray

how did Tubs get this ?

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/ryan-tubridy-paul-o-connell-approved-for-tax-exemption-of-up-to-50-000-1.3172250

Ryan Tubridy, Paul O’Connell approved for tax exemption of up to €50,000
Broadcaster and rugby star are among the 250 people approved for the Artists’ Exemption scheme so far this year

Dampsquid · 01-08-2017 09:45PM

People need to get f**king real. Public money.

How much of public money gets spend on drink and drugs/cigs every week by dole squatters. never hear people complain about that.

Maybe it is because it is those doing all the complaining....

razorblunt · 01-08-2017 09:46PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Nevermind Ray

how did Tubs get this ?

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/ryan-tubridy-paul-o-connell-approved-for-tax-exemption-of-up-to-50-000-1.3172250

That JFK book?

Grandeeod · 01-08-2017 09:48PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

People need to get f**king real. Public money.

How much of public money gets spend on drink and drugs/cigs every week by dole squatters. never hear people complain about that.

Maybe it is because it is those doing all the complaining....

They complain about it here on a regular basis. You need to keep a grasp on your audience.:D

Barry Badrinath · 01-08-2017 09:53PM

Dampsquid wrote: »

Lol - no connection to RTE or Ray. But if RTE offered you 400k to do a radio program - which he ain't bad at. And a TV program on a prime time on a Saturday night which he is woeful at. Would you not accept it. Nobody is screwing the tax player. Ray doesn't hold a gun to RTE to demand payment. that is what he negotiated with them. If you have a problem with what some one is paid, why don't you have a go yourself.

No one is saying he should refuse it.

Most are saying that the job he does, is not worth 400,000.

So your answer to anyone who contests the payment, is to "have a go yourself" or "go get a 400k job".

Thats a ridiculous counter argument.....ridiculous!

1. I cant walk up to Montrose and say, the internet man says I need to have a go or my opinion doesnt count

2. He talks for a living. Most of us could replace Ray.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 01-08-2017 09:55PM

I do wonder how RTE set the bar for these salaries.

Surely you could easily replace most of them for a lot less money.

Just cap the salaries for any RTE employee at €100k make offers based on that and see how many of them turn it down.

I have a feeling not many of them would. most of them wouldn't be able to find work outside of Ireland and non subsidized media in ireland wouldn't be able to pay them much more than €100k.

diograis · 01-08-2017 09:55PM

Is Ray Darcy worth like 6-9 nurses a year? Shows what a complete waste of time and money the TV licence is for everybody jnb

Rumpy Pumpy · 01-08-2017 09:56PM

If you've ever lived in a country without a publically-funded broadcaster, then you'd realise what we have. Morning Ireland, the Doc on One, John Creedon, GAA coverage. Serious current affairs presented to us. Relatively impartial, and designed for everyone in this country.

The free Facebook model is available to us. We should reject that.

A public service broadcaster is the very essence of democracy.

Ray Darcy on 400,000 a year

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