RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

It is not but as I have said before:-

1. RTÉ held of publishing their top earners on a number of occassion, in this instance they pubished 3 years in one year, remember these figures are 2 years old if they are release on time, RTÉ should release presenters fees in 2024 for 2022.
2. Tubs and other presenters on the list know in advance that the are going to be published.
3. RTÉ tippy-toe around the figures before publication, possibly releasing them to one or two jornos before being published.

Tubs and even RTÉ may not have done anything legally wrong but they lied at a time when RTÉ has been continually looking for more funding and saying they have no money.

And what happens if other presenters are also involved in similar schemes.

Again to also point out that RTÉ do not release the pay of presenters on Indo productions e.g. Katherine Thomas most likely makes the top ten considering her presentation of Op Trans, The Voice and Ireland's Fittest Family in one year alone, indeed Ray D'Arcy had the potential to be one of the presenters in the top 10 considering his presentation of You're A Star in the 2000s.

They lied and they begged.

It is not whatabourery: It’s context. Scale 1-10 this situation is very low/minor; that’s all.

Always thought it a real made up argument, the guys from the Inbetweeners were often asked about their ages playing teenagers.

Not a hope. Would be a big F You to the public.

A scandal involves somebody he is not a cheerleader of.

Yeah I would have no problem with a mass non-payment of the TV licence at this stage. These constant failures by RTÉ senior management to read the room need to be ended.

I do value RTÉ current affairs and sport honestly, but for the rest, I'm not so sure anymore.

If I was put on the RTÉ board tomorrow, my goals would be fourfold.

1) Reduce the organisation to purely factual output. There is too much duplication of mediocre shite at the moment.

2) Reduce the network to one TV station and one, or max two radio stations.

3) Increase digital content to make up for some of this reduction in broadcast and make it suitable for the way so many people consume media today.

4) Sell Montrose entirely and move the executive, news and current affairs to the City Centre. Any larger studio space that may be needed occasionally (and in the digital age I can't see it being often) there are commercial alternatives available in Bray, Limerick and Belfast, as well as further capacity coming in Greystones and Mullingar. Montrose is a luxury RTÉ can no longer afford and it must give back to the State and the people for some of its poor management decisions.

If there is a market for Irish produced quality drama and comedy, as well as documentaries at the pricier end, then the commercial market will find the level, either through the existing streaming services, or through an Irish HBO model.

Irish film and television production do not need the existence of RTÉ in its current form to flourish. They can and do aim higher. And I would cite Bad Sisters as an example. Best Irish production since Love/Hate and brilliantly done, all because Apple saw the quality and invested.

Given that a fake story about fake tan being cultural appropriation got the same treatment I wouldn't put much store in any of the above