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

They cancelled the Ultimate Hell Week 'contestants' interview because of the Queen, but the public HAD to be made aware of Amy's exploits...

Maybe cos they share an agent?

And really, failing to utilize the supposed prime-time TV slot to promote RTE's own programming? Pathetic.

At the start of a radio programme the presenters introduced themselves.

One was in Edinburgh, other was in London and third back in Dublin.

No need for all that, plus do rte not have a permanent London correspondent? Could they not have done the London part of things?

She possibly did 🥸

No byline so we will never know who the bad writer/journalist is.

But the UK is not just another nation.

There is so much shared history and so many ties between us for good or bad.

I think it is right to cover the death and associated ceremonies as an exceptional event.

Yes true but that shared history can be seen by the vast majority on the BBC, ITV and C4. And RTÉ have a relationship with the BBC and could piggy back on their coverage, while continuing to have full editorial control. RTÉ don't have the money or funds to send staff to the 4 corners or our nearest neigbour. They have staff in Belfast and they have a correspondent in London.

You can be sure that the Beeb won't be sending staff over on the death of Higgins if he's still in office. You might be luck to get Newsline and UTV Live down to Dublin. Shared history doesn't just swing one way.

But then a few days before that they allowed Tubs head of to London to interview 2 Hollywood stars, and he seem to walk around London for most of the morning, able to get a few pics of Toys for the Toy Show. I wonder why this was necessary?

I think my reply above covers the funeral etc. issue.

As for Morning Ireland, it is two hours and I think the line up does justice to the flagship morning news show.

The more I think about this, the more it stinks.

This SOLAS sponsorship is a less covert way of the govt tacitly supporting RTE/NKM, which they've been doing for years.

Examples - All the National Concert Hall (state agency) ads - PIAB (state agency) ads - The Chester Beatty (state agency) ads. I don't recall hearing those ads on any other radio stations

Do Bauer stations have shows sponsored by state agencies?

What's next - The Ray D'Arcy show sponsored by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, Brendan O'Connor sponsored by Ordnance Survey Ireland?

The govt weren't long getting a payback for the SOLAS stroke though as Colm Brophy (FG) was allowed to shout down/talk over Marie Sherlock (L) unhindered by Claire -I'm just here for the fees- Byrne

MI needs more editors though. They only have two and a series editor. How any 2 hr radio show can survive with just 3 editors is beyond me.

You've a neck like a jockey's bollocks to come into this thread and accuse people of not giving an opinion matters. You don't have an opinion on anything. You simply post to say RTE are correct in everything they do. You have a position on RTE - for reasons unknown, which you are unwilling to be transparent about - and your default position is to praise everything RTE do no matter how wrong/poor RTE have been on that particular matter/show/presenter.

That's two posts attacking me personally and you still haven't offered any counter point of view.

I am sure they would give out but I wouldn't if they piggy back on either SKY NEWS, BBC or ITN for coverage. Along with their normal correspondents. and how they editorialize.

There be another one in 10 to 20 years.

I am not a fan of Hollywood stars on TLLS but it does bring something in, but they have to be live, and Tubs got a holiday out of it.

RTÉ have to strike they right balance, if hollywood stars are unavailable on a Friday night then that is it, pre-recorded interviews invariably don't working on TLLS but then TLLS is just plain boring IMO.

I am? but you failed to give an opinion on my post 2 months. Yourself and myself have both been regular posters to this thread. I try to give an opinion on RTÉ and I try to see the other side of those opinions. I think that public service broadcasting should be funded, and I believe that we should have a national broadcaster. But the management of RTÉ has a lot to be desired, I believe almost nothing they say when it comes to being underfunded.

I have no problem with RTÉ's coverage of The Death Of British Monarch but I have issue with how they have shipped their staff across the country. I don't really understand how having presenters in Edinburgh or London gives anything extra to this Death. Here is a broadcaster who takes long summer breaks and because of this is unable to fully schedule a proper news channel.

That's fine but elperello, you tend not to give an alternative view point. So I still don't know where you coming from, I get what your saying about the Death of the British Queen and I have to disagree with you on that. I mean how would RTÉ have covered this death had it happened in August? That's an honest legitimate question for you.

It's a pity the British Royal death didn't happen in August so, just to show us the upheaval of such a death on RTÉ.

But hey, I wait for the return of the Today show on TV, at least 4 months holiday there, imagine the amount of talk they get out of the British Royal Death.