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

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

An Post, and Post Offices are closing down across the country-so there'd be no point. In fact they could very well be challenging the government over the closures, but instead, nope.

So there'd be no point going after An Post.

Of course there is. An Post have a contract to collect the license fee. Closing of post offices is An Posts issue not RTEs. If An Post cannot fulfill their part of the contract then maybe its time to cancel?

Laois_Man wrote: »

Well when you compare the 2015 list to the 2016 list, Nicky Byrne (8th in 2015 on €200,583) and Darragh Moloney (10th in 2015 on €188,803) are missing from the 2016 list which has Mary Wilson in 10th on €185,679. So Byrne and Malloney got fairly hefty pay reductions between the 2 years!

That would be pre Dancing With The Stars which he hosts, bound to have got a nice slice of cake for that stint, so to speak.

3 million euro alone for the top 10. And that's just the top 10.

So they are losing money. Here's a radical idea. Tell the top ten that their contracts will be capped at €150k. A good salary for what is not actually that difficult a job*.

They, being contractors for the most part, are free to go on an earner elsewhere but to broadcast with RTE you 'aint getting more than 150k as a rule. If they throw a wobbler keep saying 'fiscal responsibility' translation: we're not paying you what you were getting while we're losing money hand over fist.

I just saved RTE €1.5 million euro per annum and I don't even have an MBA.

*Think Tubridy with Tom Cruise scheduled to appear on the Late Late.
Here's what his work involves. Write the following on a cue card.

1. Ask about any Irish roots.
2. Talk about "Top Gun"
3. Do not talk about Scientology.
4. Talk about his latest action movie.
5. Go to clip from said movie showing him 'jumping' off train/building/whatever.
6. Tell him he looks great. (for his age)
7. Talk about Far and Away. Do not tell him his accent was rubbish.
8. If he goes off topic, grin and laugh awkwardly. Don't panic.
9. Make sure to invite him back.
10. Go to clip of him dancing in his undies in Risky Business, time permitting.
11. Ask him about Donald Trump.
etc

The rest is just reading the auto cue and going for the lucrative ad breaks.

Tubs is the worst interviewer for international stars, he seriously has no idea. Comparing him to Norton is a no goer

Have ye also noticed the intense amount of advertising about the orchestras? RTE are really pushing hard to keep them under their wing, on State salaries, instead of shunting them out into the commercial world.

ligerdub wrote: »

While I agree with you on D'arcy, Wilson isn't hired by RTE to be a lawyer, it's barely, if in any way relevant.

On the subject of D'arcy though, yep.....dustbin. Most of the rest can piss off too, especially Tubs.

He studied Psychology, so he's not 'unqualified'-but that said, he's not exactly good with people...so I have to wonder what he's been doing.

A quick cursory glance of a book on interviewing, or psychology, and one could connect well with people far better than D'Arcy.
Tommy Tiernan's fallen as a comedian (and boy did he fall) but he can connect with people when interviewing them far better than D'Arcy or Tubridy.

And he's not commanding almost half a million to do so.

Stovepipe wrote: »

Her legal training and experience makes her a better broadcaster as she has an ability to cut to the chase and not tolerate waffling and diversion by politicians. She clearly has a fine tuned bull**** meter.

Hmmm.... looks like you’ve gotten the big stiffie for Mary, dude.


Just sayin’......

Kivaro wrote: »

If she clearly has a fine tuned bullshoite meter, then why does she work for RTE?

A lawyer finding their way to a massive state-funded trough, what are the chances?


RTE must be the only place on the planet where being a "celebrity" is a job for life.

valoren wrote: »

3 million euro alone for the top 10. And that's just the top 10.

So they are losing money. Here's a radical idea. Tell the top ten that their contracts will be capped at €150k. A good salary for what is not actually that difficult a job*.

They, being contractors for the most part, are free to go on an earner elsewhere but to broadcast with RTE you 'aint getting more than 150k as a rule. If they throw a wobbler keep saying 'fiscal responsibility' translation: we're not paying you what you were getting while we're losing money hand over fist.

I just saved RTE €1.5 million euro per annum and I don't even have an MBA.

*Think Tubridy with Tom Cruise scheduled to appear on the Late Late.
Here's what his work involves. Write the following on a cue card.

1. Ask about any Irish roots.
2. Talk about "Top Gun"
3. Do not talk about Scientology.
4. Talk about his latest action movie.
5. Go to clip from said movie showing him 'jumping' off train/building/whatever.
6. Tell him he looks great. (for his age)
7. Talk about Far and Away. Do not tell him his accent was rubbish.
8. If he goes off topic, grin and laugh awkwardly. Don't panic.
9. Make sure to invite him back.
10. Go to clip of him dancing in his undies in Risky Business, time permitting.
11. Ask him about Donald Trump.
etc

The rest is just reading the auto cue and going for the lucrative ad breaks.

i agree but cap it at 50k . 50 k is still a very good wage for what they do.
some of them are part timers at best
use it as a spring board for young irish tallent. any really good ones will leave to comercial stations.

The wage bill is only part of a myrid of ways RTE waste money!

I can never understand how/why RTE need a Washington correspondent who has access to nobody, a London correspondent who has access to nobody (and when something important, like yesterday is happening, they still send over the main Six-One anchor to do the gig anyway) and a Brussels correspondent who has access to nobody - likewise!

Then there's the Irish regional correspondents who...well....there's is nobody to have access to.

Then you have their education correspondent, religious affairs correspondent, science and technology correspondent and 100 more of them who get something useful to report on once a month!


Then there was all this sh!te today about the 1918 General Election. Even the weather forecast tonight had the weather of 14/12/1918 on it. Does ANYONE seriously give the slightest feck??

Laois_Man wrote: »

The wage bill is only part of a myrid of ways RTE waste money!

I can never understand how/why RTE need a Washington correspondent who has access to nobody, a London correspondent who has access to nobody (and when something important, like yesterday is happening, they still send over the main Six-One anchor to do the gig anyway) and a Brussels correspondent who has access to nobody - likewise!

Then there's the Irish regional correspondents who...well....there's is nobody to have access to.

Then you have their education correspondent, religious affairs correspondent, science and technology correspondent and 100 more of them who get something useful to report on once a month!


Then there was all this sh!te today about the 1918 General Election. Even the weather forecast tonight had the weather of 14/12/1918 on it. Does ANYONE seriously give the slightest feck??

i couldnt agree more. whats the point of these people and what do they do when there is nothing to report.

its the same as when something happens someplace they have to send someone over . then news reader explains everything then cuts over to someone and they repeat it all again

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Prime example being Samantha Librari, she pops up once every 6-8 weeks with an absolute non story.

Who?