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

Do you get to give a victim impact statement or does RTÉ come out for that.

RTÉ Rep: Mad_maxx refused to pay his license fee and I am sure if he'd paid we'd have been able to have at least 3 more storylands.

Just what we need, another prisoner of conscience.

Maybe you could share a cell with Enoch.

The cause needs a martyr.

Why would you put Madd_max with Mr. Burke, do you know Max's views?

It's a very easy target, I disagree with Max but I take his point and he can choose to do as he pleases.

@Mad_maxx

Show the judge 10mins of Baz on a show - you'll be grand

I feel like these 'Storyland' one-offs are just a ploy for RTE to do the 'We're the home of home-grown, new Irish programming'... thus show the government that they're worth a license fee increase.

Never mind the viewership is less than an advert shown during Fair City. (Surprised Mustard did that badly- though not really).

I mean, RTE thought 'lets put Maura Higgins front and center on a make-up show'... and it started out bad, and ended up even worse. I think it did the same numbers as Mustard at its first episode, and then landed at 20, 000 viewers, if that, by the end. I'd say RTE probably got an earful from the sponsors. Definitely didn't get their money there.

Balor Hall... I saw some faces from 'No Worries if Not' in that, and there was another show that crashed and burned. Nobody was talking about it after episode 1. And why would they-it was terrible. But it fulfills a quota for RTE- quality be damned.

On Lar Bar, ever read sin e bhfuil credits? lots of bars on those credits.

@Beta Ray Bill 5 years ago defined what would be come both Moya Doherty's and Dee Forbe's legacy at RTÉ, indeed they largely followed their predecessors Noel Curran and the late Tom Savage, they praised RTÉ's pubic service, with little or no criticism, and to demand more money rather then to reform.

I might not agree with the OP on everything 5 years on, but on that they got it right, I can only image that Irish TV will just be as bad 5 years on.

I take it these 'stars' are taking these cases to get that lucrative pension on top of all the perks they had beforehand as independent contractors?

Well, the race for Dee's successor is down to three at this stage.

Mark Little - he of Kinzen, remember them, they were getting money from the Dept of Health to monitor what people were saying online, until it became public knowledge. Then they were quietly dropped.

Feargal O'Rourke of the well known FF family.

Tommie O'Gorman. Former RTE journalist.

Expect more of the same begging bowl and looking for an increase in the licence fee.

Can't see Tommie O'Gorman taking on the gig, he is still suffering from cancer, after all. It's in 'control', for want of a better word, But he's not gonna risk his health for the sake of an RTE gig.

He's got a pension, he's retired, just enjoy the rest of the time he has with family and friends.

I'd see Mark Little or Feargal getting the gig, more than likely.

From what I understand the position of chair is not overly arduous, Tommie Gorman is one to watch but there would have to be signals sent,grassroots would have to be sounded out, the ducks would have to be lined up and the choreography would have to be right with everyone on the same page before Tommie would sign up to that position

Looks like Toy Show De Musical is going to bomb and RTE are trying to cover their holes already on this pet project, unbelievable that a decision can be made by the national broadcaster to engage in this level of risk with the organisations funds...