RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Moral values aren't subjective.

It's obviously a problem for Tubridy, a man who presents himself as some sort of commentator on Ireland and current affairs to have engaged with such under the counter practices. Middle Ireland will want to hear or see nothing of this man on the TVs or radios. He can have his money or he can have a public role. He can't have both.

Are you seriously suggesting Ryan Tubridy doesn't read the media commentary on his pay every year? Isn't aware of what was published?

An actor might be able to get away with playing dumb like this but not a so-called media and current affairs commentator. If he doesn't know what was going on he is incompetent.

Come off it. Put up a poll on that question and see the deserved ridicule you get.

To the public, this is nothing more than them being beside themselves with glee that someone in a position of influence and authority seems to have tripped and been found out. It will be exagerratingly milked for all it’s worth

Agree but it'd be a pity if they threw the baby out with the bathwater. The Tories seem determined to strip mine BBC and C4. It'd be a total hellscape if the same happened here and we were left without Public Service broadcasting and only have whatever reality tv dirge Virgin Media wheel out.

of course, you are also outlining the perils of this kind of arrangement.

it is a choice for some, not for others, but it is being painted as something else here and people are lapping it up looking at the likes some of this nonsense is garnering.

Can you be more specific as to the rumour about McGregor and the toy man?

ive never engaged in this other thread you mentioned but it seems you (and others if what you say is true) have an unhealthy obsession with him, personally i dont listen to or watch the guy. Maybe try that?

like i said not my hero, i didnt hang out in your other thread, im coming at it fresh and you come across the same way to me,

funny eh?

this should clarify

https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/0622/1390654-explainer-what-are-barter-account-transactions/#:~:text=RT%C3%89%20said%20in%20its%20statement,for%20other%20goods%20or%20services.

In exchange for a commercial partner paying Mr Tubridy for €75,000 worth of services in 2020, RTÉ was to provide the commercial partner with a credit note for – typically - advertising for the same value.

When the commercial partner did not renew the agreement during the pandemic, as RTÉ had underwritten the agreement, the payments were instead made directly by RTÉ to Mr Tubridy.

no, but it would be strange to say i have an unhealthy obsession, your own posts indicate that you do.