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

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    #9692
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    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.


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    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #9693
    Iecrawfc
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭Iecrawfc


    It sounds like NKM agency has an awful lot of power in RTE ? Where or how did that come about?



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    #9694
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,274 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120756880#Comment_120756880


    Saw an headline on the Irish Examiner website - Noel Kelly 'the real DG'



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    #9695
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    The Phoenix twitter account been having a field day about this.

    https://twitter.com/ThePhoenixMag/status/1671909065167892480?s=20




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    #9696
    lumphammer2
    Registered Users Posts: 744 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755054#Comment_120755054

    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 ....



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    #9697
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,235 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Isn't Simon Coveney's relative "working" for Dee or was

    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #9698
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120757615#Comment_120757615

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


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #9699
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Apparently over 50 million euros have been paid to agencies during the past 10 years. Whistleblower believes Tubridy is just tip of the iceberg.



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    #9700
    Brock Turnpike
    Registered Users Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭Brock Turnpike


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



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    #9701
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120763358#Comment_120763358

    He won't say how much RTÉ pay their sports panels.

    On sports now that all this is happing to we feel confident that RTÉ are are telling the truth about GAA GO ?


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #9702
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120764142#Comment_120764142

    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.



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    #9703
    Ernesto Rhythmic Stadium
    Posts: 0 ✭ Ernesto Rhythmic Stadium


    An interesting choice of words from Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan about this whole mess. He talks about "undoubtedly" there is going to be a "serious hit" to the television licence fee, and that commercial revenue will also be "impacted". Also speaks about RTE having a "fundamental problem" and that "everything has to be put on the table" with a "re-examination of what public sevice broadcasting is".

    If he's hinting at ripping down the whole edifice of what RTE currently is, then that needs to happen IMO. If it wants to be a public service broadcaster it needs to give up its advertising revenue income and commercial sponsorship income too. Should this mean closing down the likes of 2FM etc, then so be it.



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    #9704
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Unfortunately I can see this blowing over my next weekend, such is the Irish way.



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    #9705
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Normally I'd be inclined to agree, but considering the possibly MASSIVE amounts of money that we are talking about here, and how many presenters careers are hanging by a thread, I think this is more than a 'over by the weekend' story.

    RTE staff are now threatening to no longer work with the likes of Tubridy. It's an internal, as well as external, mess up. Staff who walked the straight and narrow are angry, and folks who were threatened with prison over not paying a license fee are angry.



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    #9706
    alzer100
    Registered Users Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Tubridy and anyone else who have been involved in this (management and "superstar contract presenters") should be told that their services are no longer required and if that means RTE Radio 1 having to search for new "talent" so be it.

    I'm sorry, I just don't accept "I didn't know" or I wasn't made aware". Absolute BS.



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    #9707
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Well, Damn...


    Dee Forbes resigned. Think she's gonna be made the sacrificial lamb.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41170354.html




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    #9708
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,966 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    I flicked through her statement…

    she’s basically saying it’s not her fault, deals were already in place before she came in, she was just trying to save RTÉ some money etc….. blah blah fcuking blah….

    how coincidental that the sacrificial lamb was on her way out the door anyway… I bet she’s even done a deal to take the hit for this in return for a cash incentive of some sort…



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    #9709
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,377 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Poor dee!😪

    Pathetic statement....absolutely pathetic....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #9710
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,071 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    I have always thought Dee Forbes is a very unlikeable person, her resignation statement fully compounds my thinking.



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    #9711
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120765737#Comment_120765737

    Declan McBenet tweeted out how good RTÉ's sports coverage was, as if we have forgotten GAA GO, can we trust them on what the said about GAA Go now?


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #9712
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,039 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    resigned 2 weeks before she was due to resign anyway!



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    #9713
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120766218#Comment_120766218

    I met her, stand offish, unwilling to be criticized. Very must planned not to be in the limelight of the role.

    Is the CEO/DG of a company an employee, I mean they are but aren't they also the boss.


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #9714
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120765792#Comment_120765792

    I don't feel sorry for anyone in RTÉ. It's like they have just found their balls to speak up, they had plenty of time to call out the bad management of the company. Everyone looking in was saying it was badly run and here we are now.


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #9715
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,966 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Yeah, fcuk them all.

    All crying foul now that it’s officially public knowledge how utterly rotten the organisation is.

    Said fcuk all while they all benefited from it, but now their all trying to save their own arses.

    Every last one of them should lose their job and have to re-apply to whatever ends up replacing RTÉ, and for a fraction of the remuneration they have enjoyed for so long. No more out of hours bonus for having to do their jobs after 5pm, no more unions, no more cushy numbers for family members, no more fcuking car allowance…..



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    #9716
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,966 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Dee playing the mental health card.....

    "Finally, I want to reiterate that I have engaged fully with the Board during this process. However, the Board has not treated me with anything approaching the levels of fairness, equity and respect that anyone should expect as an employee, a colleague or a person. All of this has had a very serious and ongoing impact on my health and wellbeing."


    In other words, "everyone just leave me alone"



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    #9717
    Gusser09
    Registered Users Posts: 6,861 ✭✭✭Gusser09


    There's my Direct Debit cancelled. And **** them.

    Shouldn't be called the License fee anymore. Call it what it is. The RTE stars benevolent fund.



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    #9718
    wassie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,303 ✭✭✭wassie


    Interview Dee did just over 2 years ago.

    https://www.ebu.ch/news/2021/04/interview-with-dee-forbes-director-general-of-rte

    WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN PRIORITIES FOR 2021 AS DG?

    ...Like so many other public service media organizations, financing and a sustainable future is a constant theme and continues through this year with the Future of Media Commission established by government to recommend on that very subject later this year. In the meantime we must do what we can to stabilise the organisation financially and structurally. We have a focus on growing and diversifying commercial revenue, stabilising and growing public funding, and saving operating costs. I believe that if we act now, and make the right decisions together, we can stabilise RTÉ financially within two years.


    AND FINALLY, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE RTÉ’s PLACE IN SOCIETY TODAY?

    The public in Ireland place huge trust in RTÉ. We believe this trust was vindicated in all that we delivered during the pandemic. It is at the heart of our public purpose to reflect Irish life, and Irish lives. When the nation came together in 2020, RTÉ was there....


    Dee-dee pretty much screwed that up



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    #9719
    TagoMago
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭TagoMago


    Have no idea how these things work but will Forbes maintain her position as a director of GAA Go? She's sure to remain well imbursed for the rest of her days, that's for sure.



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    #9720
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120766844#Comment_120766844

    No she was on that board because she was DG.


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #9721
    avfc1874
    Registered Users Posts: 3,450 ✭✭✭avfc1874


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120766473#Comment_120766473

    That's the get out of jail card, everytime things get asked you don't like, my health is suffering, mention mental health and get a free pass ,

    Everyone too scared to question anything when mental health is mentioned,

    Tubs next statement, probably mention how his health is suffering, people start saying, maybe we're being too hard on him, ,, job done, nobody is accountable for any thing



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