Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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I will repeat that An Post do not deliver to Eircode only on an envelope addresses. You still have to fully address a letter or parcel to get it delivered.
An Post has still not enabled Eircode on its system. I have seen in media reports that An Post TV licence system is completely antiquated. It's on a very old data system.
Actually it's six months that they can retain your data before deleting it
This is true, An Post move HQ recently here's the would be DG of RTÉ on the morning of the released info
The Occupier
Yes the Occupier No 10 Barter Avenue not to the Occupier X24ASDF
They know who lives in every rural house or else they couldn't deliver the post. Matched with their database of license payers they know which house doesn't have one.
Chris Andrews is a Sinn Fein TD not FF
Thanks for that nugget
his withdrawal/rejection was not without controversy either. Bet he's glad now, and great view too.
Acknowledgement that collecting the licence fee might prove difficult.
Particularly the ones who have already retired, but can't seem to be kept out of the place. Gaybo was around for decades post retirement, and they've commissioned Sean O'Rourke to do a podcast series, even after everything that happened with Golfgate. The only way to get kicked off the list seems to be to move to one of the independent stations.
If RTE is making payments to an agency, surely they should have gone through some kind of procurement process to ensure that they got an agency that provided proper value for money. What's the chances of that having happened in this case?
The local post man know who he is delivering to. An Post have no up to date data base on who lives where. Even if they did technically they could not cross reference it for the TV licence as it's a complete different entity.
It's unlikely that any post man is going to spend a day with the TV Licence inspector
You’re right that’s my mistake. He was FF for some time but did change over. I just looked it up there and it was actually 10 years ago. Time flys eh?
He has to know who lives in a rural house.
It's An Post that collect the TV Licence.
Listened to BoC's newspaper slot this morning. They had a media lawyer on who explained the ins and outs of the barter account system which seems to have become common over the last number of years. Basically in this case, it amounted to Tubridy giving exposure and airtime to companies in exchange for freebies and crisp €50 notes.....
And I always wondered why the Late Late Show had devolved into a glorified QVC with Tubridy rushing through interviews in order to swivel to camera and peddle the next cheese hamper, craft beer selection or hotel getaway.
Interesting that they detail the individual company for each of the big contractors. Does this mean that NK is paid directly by the individual, and not paid directly by RTE?
He seems to be the only game in town operating at that kind of level, so I'm not sure they have a whole lot of other options. There was some talk that perhaps RTE would be forced to NOT deal with NK or any agent, and to only deal directly with the individual, which could be a real game changer.
He was FF until 2011
A strange fish to
The danger for Tubridy and the gang in RTE who facilitated all this is that the journalists and other staff in RTE had to take paycuts. They are seriously angry and they may not be in the mood for taking prisoners. If they are to have a job in the future, when RTE is either broken up or reconfgured, they have to do a good job of investigating the practices and kickbacks. If you watch some of the interviews from RTE staff (rather than the "talent"), they were seriously angry because they've been played like chumps and services have been underfunded or cut while the RTE "personalities" and mismanagement got payrises.
Regards...jmcc
Don't forget cocaine as well.
Indeed. I have little faith that any external Govt pressure will sink RTE. A few toothless PAC show trials arent going to make Dee Forbes et al loose any sleep. It's the internal strife coming from the vast majority of RTE staff that are working hard for buttons, which will cause the biggest problem here.
I can imagine what Tubridy's crew are thinking. In early every morning with the homework done for His Eminence to make him look good, putting in a full day every day at the office only to watch him stagger in at 20 to 9 and rush out the door after his coffee at 10.30! And all for a fraction of his salary.
This is what's going to be the clincher.
Arrival and departure toot sweet sounds a bit like another eminence (grise), Joe Duffy. But I jest.
I understand RTE sold to the UK-based agency (Astus) unsold advertising slots at a cut rate. (Astus would therefore be clients of RTE so a procurement process would not apply). Astus would then flog off these slots and try to make a profit. This is apparently a common practice for unsold advertising and nothing unusual. The issue is that RTE arranged for NK to invoice Astus for unspecified "consultancy services". RTE even told NK not to put anyone's name on the invoice !! RTE then credited Astus for the amount it paid to NK through its barter account.
This is blatant corruption.
To think there are people on here still defending this and calling it a nothing burger!
If Astus is invoicing RTE, they're providing goods or services. If they're providing goods or services, RTE are required to go through a procurement process to ensure that they get best value for money.
But they're not (or at least not with regards to this transaction). They are customers. RTE are providing goods/services to them. They buy advertising from RTE.
My understanding is that they effectively paid for the advertising by paying NK's invoice for consultancy services
Actually there is. It's the mentality that yourself and others have displayed here that allows these nepotistic, freeloader organizations and individuals fleece the hard working Irish public.
It would be great to see RTE no longer deal with NK, that would be a game changer and it would show that the old RTE is gone. It would help to buy us back in and slowly gain trust in RTE.
I also wonder if people started boycotting the various RTE sponsors would that do something?
Paid through UK firm
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/06/25/rte-channelled-tubridy-payments-through-uk-firm-report/
Now, that's an idea! Get a list of sponsors and email all the companies explaining your disgust and how you, and all your family, will be boycotting their products as long as they sponsor a corrupt organisation.
No sponsorship and no licence fee would be a sharp wakeup call.
No the TV licence Inspector dose not. From the hdy I understand they go around virtually blind, depending on the list of ones gone out of date in the last six months
It's fairly easy in build up areas they have a list of house numbers and can collate houses that have and have not got licences. In rural Ireland it's different they are dependent on the list they get. The list cannot contain a name off a non payer after six months and An Post dose not use Eircode at present
Jeepers I misread the above as Channel Islands. This dyslexia has a lot to answer for.
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