RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

23-06-2023 05:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755218#Comment_120755218

Was there not an instance before where Dee Forbes refused to appear before an Oireachtas Committee? Or am I confusing that with another charlatan John Delaney?

Baba Yaga · 23-06-2023 05:23PM

so id say whats going to happen is 'fact finding audit' 'contractual obligations' 'commercially sensitive' 'reshuffle' 'going forward' 'lessons learned' 'under legal advisement' 'going forward' 'fact finding commitee' did i miss any?

fritzelly · 23-06-2023 05:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755483#Comment_120755483

Was Dee, was "too busy"

23-06-2023 05:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755257#Comment_120755257

It’s quite like Gaybo, though he was a very clever man he trusted his friend with managing his money and kept hands once once the mortgage and bills were being paid. He wasn’t a very ostentatious high flying man, more a family guy and as long as his car worked, he & Kathleen got to Gweedore in the summer, and the girls got schooled, the odd visit to his brothers in America, he wasn’t needing that much for his everyday life and entirely trusted his investments to Murphy.

I imagine Ryan wasn’t great on the lowdown of figures, and as long as a suitable salary was paid into his current account he left the provision for his pension and his daughters’ future to accountancy specialists.

odyssey06 · 23-06-2023 05:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755478#Comment_120755478

So you agree he should hand back his ill gotten gains?

Tubridy's statement just cut the rug out from your previous post trying to defend him, or did you miss that part in your rush to 'nothing to see here' and attack the people criticising Tubridy because you can't actually defend him?

Weren't you saying he shouldn't have done this?

I should have asked questions at the time and sought answers as to the circumstances which resulted in incorrect figures being published. I didn't, and I bear responsibility for my failure to do so. For this, I apologise unreservedly."

23-06-2023 05:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755417#Comment_120755417

Joe Duffy was audibly breathing heavy on his show today. Sounded like a man feeling some strain.

ButtersSuki · 23-06-2023 05:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755478#Comment_120755478

Yeah, he’s done nothing wrong. He should get a raise!

ButtersSuki · 23-06-2023 05:25PM

Eamonn Dunphy’s podcast on this (which I haven’t listened to - yet) describes the actions as a “grubby little stroke”.

Different class Eamonn! Different class!

RoTelly · 23-06-2023 05:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755478#Comment_120755478

No. It won't beforgotten about. I can kind of see what you mean but RTÉ have be saying the following for the last 10 years

We cut funding to our top earners (they didn't, take a look at the figures, cuts come on the Death of 2 presenters and on the exit of 2 others, outside of these exits not an attempt is made to reduce pay)
RTÉ have had their hand out and have failed to make any reforms themselves saying to audience we don't have the money.
And they cut funding to children's content, drama, they've never been successful in comedy.

It will be interesting to see if in August they will have an autumn launch, last year they spend 70k on the RDS for such an event!

If you want money it seems to me RTÉ will find it but just as long as they don't have to produce anything.

23-06-2023 05:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755497#Comment_120755497

I knew it. Couldn't find it on Google.

She is paid from taxpayer money, and runs an organisation that is primarily funded by taxpayer money, and treated every one of us with contempt. She should have been hauled in for questioning, not invited. Hopefully she will get her comeuppance from this.

odyssey06 · 23-06-2023 05:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755511#Comment_120755511

And to add... the money burn that was Late Late Toy Show the Musical, the extent of the losses RTE refuses to disclose to the Public Accounts Committee.

hotmail.com · 23-06-2023 05:28PM

Deputy Director General to appear on 6.1 News.

ButtersSuki · 23-06-2023 05:29PM

I’ve always said there are certain people on here who would forgive and excuse anything Tubridy does, and here they are all out again in full force. It’s amazing how similar their responses are. It’s almost as if they’re organized and coming from the same source…”intriguing”, as a certain one time good egg but now a bad egg is fond of saying.

LambshankRedemption · 23-06-2023 05:31PM

“Separately, it has been reported that I did not take a pay cut over the last number of years. This is simply not true. Over the period of my contract with RTÉ, I have been asked to take several reductions in salary and I did. Indeed, between 2012 and today, my pay from RTÉ was cut by approximately 40%."

Not if you were secretly getting an additional 345,000 then no, you didn't take much of a paycut.

CGI_Livia_Soprano · 23-06-2023 05:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755504#Comment_120755504

Whether I agree that he should give it back or not isn’t relevant. I don’t think he should though.

I have a feeling, however, that he will feel compelled to by public pressure, PR, etc.

hotmail.com · 23-06-2023 05:34PM

Dee Forbes statement is just rubbish.

ButtersSuki · 23-06-2023 05:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755539#Comment_120755539

Of course you don’t! What a shock.

Glaceon · 23-06-2023 05:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755417#Comment_120755417

I had never heard of NKM before reading some posts on here, sounds like this relationship needs to be seriously investigated.

nacho libre · 23-06-2023 05:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755450#Comment_120755450

Yes, I knew another statement was coming along these lines - I did not know, but I should have known and i apologise for my failure to do so... yada yada... now can I get back to my radio show,please. His arrogance and contempt for the public is breathtaking. Only an ardent fan or someone very gullible would believe this further self serving tripe.

Leg End Reject · 23-06-2023 05:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755539#Comment_120755539

...

ZookeeperDub · 23-06-2023 05:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755472#Comment_120755472

Honestly I am not a FF supporter but trying to link to a political party is baffling to me.

RoTelly · 23-06-2023 05:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755528#Comment_120755528

Newly appoint why?

Leg End Reject · 23-06-2023 05:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755568#Comment_120755568

I'd say there's more chance I'll be on the radio next week.

silliussoddius · 23-06-2023 05:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755552#Comment_120755552

I wouldn't be surprised if it emerges that he's a facilitator to divert money form the rte slush fund to our ever deserving betters.

23-06-2023 05:43PM

So he's still trying to distance himself from the decision makers as if he was never in their gang, as if he played no role in organising the shady deals with the sponsors. He says he's sorry he didn't call out the discrepancies when published, but it wasn't his responsibility really. Laughable.

Jumping through loopholes is his speciality though. He has always operated in this grey area in which he's doing stuff that may not be illegal but is ethically questionable as far as public service is concerned. There should never have been a need for an RTE sponsor to pay a presenter directly. But as usual they muddy the waters to satisfy their greed. It should be very difficult for anyone to sympathise with him considering that this has always been how he operates - usually gets away with it but now he has found himself on the wrong side of a thin line.

His reference to his own "sincerity" in the statement is gas (a little like his self-appointed ToyMan moniker which only ever he uses). He's a product of an environment where these behaviours are common and it's obvious he cannot be trusted as a public servant.

I hope listeners tune out if he does come back on air. I don't think he'll last long either way.

RoTelly · 23-06-2023 05:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755547#Comment_120755547

what statement has she given?

odyssey06 · 23-06-2023 05:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755539#Comment_120755539

So you're saying he lied in his statement today?

Or did he lie in yesterday's statement?

They cannot be reconciled.

Did he do something wrong - by commission or omission - or not?

Genghis · 23-06-2023 05:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755500#Comment_120755500

You can be certain that anyone following Uncle Gaybo made sure the same legendary fate would not befall them.

Yes, I would say he could be living month to month off a stipend, with everything else managed on his behalf. But I can't believe he would not be aware of how his gross earnings were negotiated including how they would be paid, and that they exceeded the limits / published detail year on year.

At the end of the day Ryan is the obvious beneficiary of all this. The unusual mechanism had to have been designed for his benefit, he must have been aware of it.

CGI_Livia_Soprano · 23-06-2023 05:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755614#Comment_120755614

I said no such thing. I think you’re trying a little bit too hard to find a “gotcha” moment here.

I’m not endorsing what happened, RTE effed up.

odyssey06 · 23-06-2023 05:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755616#Comment_120755616

Especially as he was a Director and Owner of the company used as the vehicle for all this.

RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

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