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

Yeah but is this a useful approach if you're going to maintain public service broadcasting in some form? The reality of a small country is the reconstituted PSB is going to end up hiring a lot of the same people, making a lot of the same type of programming, presumably from Montrose. But the interim 'scorced earth' period (of a couple of years?) is likely to see only a skeleton broadcasting service, lose a lot of RTE's current audience...So the new broadcaster will be starting off with much lower audiences, which will embolden those who want to scrap PSB altogether and let the markewt decide what people watch

Don't for get the moving fee of €50,000 she got also.

No, I am say restructure it, even if you closed the BBC and you get the same group. It is unfortunate, but the lowly managers in RTÉ unless they go will remain.

The one thing that must happen is that all of the Executive board must step down, including the incoming DG, and the board must step down. That will have no profound effect on the audience, there are people there ready to take those jobs, and happy to be given the opportunity.

No licence ad on Radio today, you know the disgusting one that basically tells us we are all criminals if we don't pay it.

There should be no pension for dee, for her misconduct.

How to break up RTÉ and have some kind of separation from the current management and structures.

1. SCREEN IRELAND / FÍS ÉIREANN takes control of TV (Broadcast, Commissioning and Production ex news and current affairs)
2. RTÉ's network 2RN takes control of Radio (Broadcast, Commissioning and Production ex news and Current affairs)
3. A new separate company takes control of News and Current Affairs for production for each of the above, programmes are commissioned from them.
4. TG4 and RnaG merge
5. RTÉ CO moves to NCH

RTÉ board and Executive teams are removed and may not hold any position in the above company for at least the next 2 years.

Dee Forbes didn't care about providing a better TV experience for Irish viewers ... she took huge money allowed Tubbers and co do same .... and sat back and did nothing but look after the cronies ... extra episodes of First Dates? That says it all ....

She seemed hellbent on reviving Amy Hubermann too .... some of the worst and cheap to make dramas like Striking Out and Finding Joy were made ... until the penny dropped that they were not as popular as hoped ...

It is good she is gone ... but don't expect anything radically different from the next guy .... the vile reality TV culture that the likes of Forbes and Tubbers promoted has become ingrained into Irish TV .... it is a monster they helped grow and one that will outlive their stints on RTE ....

His brother Rory is Director of Strategy, he sits on the executive board. He was tipped to be the next Director General.

Joe Brolly (not everyone's cup of tea) heading a field day with this on Twitter.

Well, the interesting thing is that Brolly fell foul of two of NK Management's clients, notably Claire Byrne and Joanne Cantwell.

The latter presenter essentially got him fired from the Sunday Game. (Well, it was more complicated than that, but just for shiz and giggles, we'll say it was just that easy). He's undoubtedly irritated he's not getting that RTE paycheck every week.

There's going to be far more scrutiny on that GAA Go app now. RTE looking more and more like the mafia now than they are a legitimate organization.