Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Cant see Tuberdy or RTE come out of this mess. Ship going down and everyone on leave. Must have booked the holidays in February
25% don't pay TV license? never seen it that high. Is that reported anywhere?
This is going to run and run.
What other presenters are getting these secret payments.
About a quarter of the public don't pay the licence fee already. This is bound to increase.
Would it be normal for RTE to make a payment to someone's agent on their behalf despite Tubridy operating to them as a contractor using his Tuttle Productions company charging them 'fees'? Doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
€150,000 was paid to Mr Tubridy's agent (on his behalf) from the barter account in 2022. This related to the guaranteed income for 2021 and 2022. It resulted in an overall cost to RTÉ, from this account, of €230,760 (inclusive of fees incurred through the barter account process).
Oh I'm sorry, does your phone or laptop not have google?
Catherine Martin is the responsible minister.
Interestingly in her statement she says she has been aware of this since March. Why are we only hearing about this now?
Remember this next time you go to "pay your tv licence". The **** neck of these **** to be banging a drum about non payment and then this is what's going on behind the scenes. RTE needs to be dissolved.
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David McCullough saying plainly “it’s very simple, RTE lied to the public”.
I knew his hand was being forced, it wasn’t voluntary. NK too has been very quiet of late.
I was sitting in a south Dublin coffee shop when I heard it being discussed, before long the entire section of where I was sitting was talking about it and how he is so not worth it. One told me she was walking around Monkstown seafront, met himself face to face, he was wearing a scarf and breezed a big hello. She asked him did he know her. 🤣🤣🤣
More need to do the same, RTE is nothing more than a mouth piece for the government, absolute garbage.
Yes, that's what I was thinking. His statement seemed self serving and disingenuous. Is he so wealthy he did not notice this extra cash?. Also I don't believe in coincidences, he must have known this was going to come out so opted to leave before it entered the public domain.
Pinnochio on the Toy Show.
As a PP mentioned, Dee Forbes departure before the S hit the fan is ahem.... interesting to say the least.
I'm wondering if other so called "stars" have had top ups also. Bring in the forensic accountants quick.
Can you provide rates and tax legislation to prove your point? No one goes out of their way to pay more tax, but d'rich pay no tax and d'ordinary man pays it all is little more than a slogan.
Haha. He didnt release it on twitter. Hes not on twitter because twitter is a toxic environment and everything that is wrong these days.
No Ryan twitter just calls you out and rte out for being shite. Thats why you dont like it.
These figures make headlines every year. It seems remarkable that he would not know they were wrong. Is he claiming he didn't know how much he earned or that he never looked at the RTE figures?
Is anyone surprised? Really? Get over it lads. Either that or we should all refuse to pay our tv license. Everyone. We're a nation of folders. It wouldnt be that hard to organise it either.
You paid this and so did i. Tubridy laughing at all of us. The hate speech laws are made to protect the likes of him and his cronies. How his mate Conor McGregor?
That’s a real ….
TV3/Virgin are really loving this 😂😂
Here comes the Kindness Calvary! Great attempt at deflection though!
i’ve done this to death in the Tubridy Thread so no, I’m not going to do it again here at length. I am fully aware of the tax benefits one accrues being a director of one’s own company. Perhaps you are not?
I’ll say this much: the benefits of taking dividends v pay are enormously advantageous from a net perspective.
Not to mention expenses. Tubridy (bravely) did some shows from his home during Covid. I’m not saying he did this, but hypothetically he could for example bill RTE for use of his home during that time - and guess what? That’s tax deductible. Likewise if he drove to Cork for an OB, he could not just bill RTÉ for his time there and back, he can also write off the mileage. And guess what? He can also set his own mileage rate. I know, it’s hard to believe right? But a good egg like Tubs would probably do this all for free in some peopke’s minds. 🙄
There are many other benefits, incl. for example pension payments.
And these are all deducted variously before tax is liable.
Or are you suggesting that he set up a one man company to pay more tax?
The responsible minister for communications Eamonn Ryan doesn’t feel it’s worth noting on his Twitter, climate issues in France, Uganda and elsewhere of course take precedence .
would it kill him to say “ like many taxpayers and citizens, the RTÉ / Tubridy revelations currently in the news are very concerning, need to be investigated and clarified, Ill be seeking a meeting with RTE management forthwith and it will be taken from there….”
but… instead, Uganda feature prominently…
I'm cancelling the direct debit, I'm fed up of this Quango burning taxpayer money. I'm off to a new address anyway they can find me there
Never singled out Ryan. Something like this needed a few people to keep it quiet.
I queried Dee Forbes departure earlier too.
do you think that independent contractors dont pay tax? how does that work? to get the money out he still has to pay himself a salary from the company set up to receive the income.
Tubs does not pay PAYE tax, that is for the little people.
Tubs is paid via fees into a one-man holding company, and this is facilitated by RTÉ, when he is essentially a lifer in the place. I wouldn’t call him a “full-time employee” as someone who works 10 hours a week 30 weeks a year and as little as 5 for an additional 10 can’t be classed as “full-time”.
This arrangement - also facilitated by RTÉ for many of its other top “stars”, coincidentally most of whom are managed by Noel Kelly and NKM - is technically legal, but very much against the spirit of the law. The Revenue Commissioners have stated they intend to examine this, but they seem to work at a snail’s pace (even by civil service standards).
He frequently betrays his “brand” and image on the radio through faux pas, contradictions, and ill thought out confessions and ignorance. He has been enabled and rewarded for decades despite any equivalent evidence of talent. He has shown his true hypocritical colours with this. I have been calling this man out on his behaviours for years. Though financially rich, the man himself is morally bankrupt.
It will be interesting to see where this goes.
so I've decided not to pay tv licence anymore, unless they get a court order to search my house and take me to court. Enough is enough and I can't believe we are forced to pay for garbage called RTE. And me and my partner are lucky enough to be well able to afford all our bills, but I wouldn't buy mouldy raspberries in the supermarket and I won't pay for this embarasment called RTE
Just get rid of the company, sell it off to the highest bidder privately. I'd say something if the programming was value for money for whats been spent but its not.
I only have the 'Irish' channels so get all my news from RTE. I have seen many people questioning their balance in recent years and while I have certainly seen a bias towards the FF&FG establishment, I usually trust what I hear. Trust in RTE will certainly diminish further after this story. As for Tubs, vastly overpaid - haven't watched the Late Late in many years, he ruined it.
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