Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Could you say there's a strong bang of 'mild' money laundering off the payments? I know the money was clean to begin with but trailwise the final destination has been covered up.
Dee Forbes has resigned, get out of jail clause
07:30 Dee Forbes quits with immediate effect
..which means no requirement to appear before Oireachtas Committee
think it’s about time we #defundrte but I’m sure it will be #defendrte instead, course it will, sure what would we all do without the state’s mouthpiece media??
Well she doesn't care as her contract was due to end in July anyways, she has been in RTE since 2016.
1 down many more to go, the whole board should resign or be sacked.
Looks as if they were using her for a scapegoat anyway.
She was the head honcho, who else exactly is there to be responsible for this?
The people that orchestrated it.
You know when you’re in charge, you don’t have to do what your predecessors did…… so sorry, but that doesn’t wash with me, at all.
The various Ministers for Arts & Media over the years
Her position is she didn't know anything about it. So not sure what usefulness she'd be anyway at a committee hearing.
I said this years ago around the time Bertie Aherne claimed not to have a bank account, but the unquestioned/punished actions of high level politicians like Haughey, Aherne and plenty more like them across the parties really give carte blance for the morally flexible in society to justify their own dodgy dealings. We really are a soft touch with this type of thing.
Nah, limit pay to 200k for the 'top' earners. Hard to listen to someone on a half a mill a year pontificate to the rest of us. If another broadcaster comes calling, let them off.
Forbes seemed to outline clearly enough the situation.
Appears to me not much more than Tubridy doing a deal separately to his RTE contract (albeit with RTE involved); and of course folks knee-deep trying to pick every detail apart to make it a big scandal.
She resigns and misses out on a week's wages as a result. Good riddance to her, she did nothing to bring rampant waste, incompetence and nepotism in RTE under control.
I assume we'll see her as head of some Quango or other state body. She has a fair bit of dirt on a lot of people.
If that’s the reason behind resigning, it’s quite disgraceful. Maybe though she now intends to contribute as a private citizen and unfettered by her duties to RTÉ? Maybe? Possibly??
So much for getting answers and accountability, Dee resigns, is that it then? She signs off by having a swipe at the RTE boards for not having respect for her as a colleague or person during the process which she claims has had a negative effect on her well being. So typical deflection tactics, she’s now the victim in all this. Amazing how so many people appointed to important jobs where they are paid well and therefore supposed to take responsibility and be accountable, never do.
Greece. Government in Israel is looking at theirs. It will not be just "Tubsidy" payments but a combination of factors, RTE and other broadcast media have been losing relevance with the public since their heyday, let's call it the "Gay Byrne" era for want of a better term. Even the BBC funding model and its future are in question. There was some controversy earlier this year around GAA matches and RTE, I did not pay it much attention. It seems whether the public who watch RTE, and those who don't, want it change is coming, the Montrose begging bowl will not be allowed to continue in its current form indefinitely recycling clips from times past.
RTE are fully involved in the misappropriation of tax payer money.
They went well out of their way to try not to leave a paper trail.
This is a big scandal.
Dee Forbes and the rest of the board are ultimately responsible - if she did nothing wrong she’d be clearing her name - not running for the hills. She would probably like to remain somewhat attractive as a hire for tv stations like discovery where she worked in the past.
He colluded with other within the organisation to cause the board to publish misleading information which they were legally required to publish.
It takes two to tango, one cannot be left holding the baby.
If Tubridy had behaved ethnically and said at the contract stage ''sorry no can do I required full wages to be paid directly to me': then he would not be in this more.
The people in RTE involved, Tubridy, NK etc are all culpable
The last 4 words of your second sentence are redundant.
She says the Board knew about these dealings.
This is probably why none of them are making any public comment.
It's even harder now to believe that Tubridy wasn't aware of this arrangement.
So many people had their incomes decimated during covid. Ryan went demanding the 75k for each of the two covid years. Such empathy.
Morning Ireland saying that the Catherine Martin report will take 7 months. That's next year. Typical kick the can down the road and hope people forget or release the report when something else is making headlines.
I wonder will Dee Forbes turn up to the PAC.
Tubridy will be due another statement this week...
His time is up.....
How could they possibly know how long a report would take, I agree with you fully. It’s like they decided that would be sufficient.
sure how would they even have estimates back from the people doing the reports since the story only really broke on the weekend.
They can have my TV license fee in 7 months then.
The board should not accept her resignation
She gets to keep her pension I bet.
Is she resigning as director at GAAGO?
She negotiated the deal it seems with the sponsor and RT agent and that RTE would gaurentee the deal and is then surprised when the sponsor pulled out. I don't think I would want some with that level of negotiations skills working in any company when you could see what might happen.
No mention of why it wasn't included in RT earnings from RTE.
They all seem the think RT is an irreplaceable presenter.
RT probably hasn't done anything wrong on the contract side but has lied to the public and his "paycuts".
If RTE are struggling to find a way to get rid due to contract clauses. They should just put him back on air and watch his listenership numbers drop like a stone and use that to get rid of him.
