Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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It appears that whenever public money is involved that phenomenon known as a bottomless money-pit appears. The Children's Hospital and now RTE are 2 great examples.
RTÉ summer staff barbecue has been cancelled following consultation with the NUJ. (This is not a joke)
RTÉ keen to avoid a grilling :) (This is a joke)
The NUJ branch representing RTÉ employees has called a lunchtime protest tomorrow, with supporters encouraged to attend and bring placards.
Reading Dee Forbes statement, she sounds clueless.
She calls Tubridys 75k a cost saving for RTE, even though RTE issued a credit note and were losing 75k in advertising revenue.
She also says Renault only made one payment of 7k.
If she is as committed to telling the truth and restoring RTEs reputation as she claims, she will attend Oireachtas hearings.
Yates reackoned there was all sorts going on too.
They need to fess up now to whatever,if they leave it and more comes out later it'll really be the end of the lot of them.
They never thought it would be discovered.
And that, Judge, is the key point
According to Duffy today, the way his contract is structured is that if RTE say they no longer need him, he's done.
Whether Tubridys contract is the same remains to be seen. He did after all have the presence of mind to get RTE to guarantee his appearance payments in the event of a sponsor pulling out. Remember RTE thought that unlikely, but he did get his guarantee.
So he's clearly a guy that likes to cover all bases contractually.
The other thing that Duffy said today that was interesting was that when it came to extending his contract recently, there was no negotiation. It was a 5 min conversation to extend on the same terms. Given the financial stress RTE are under, I would have expected them to push Duffy at least a little bit. RTE seem very soft when it comes to their "talent"
Not sure when his contract is up for renewal. Thats another big question. And if he will be paid off. FOI request would probably find that out.
RTE would probably pay his contract of several years in full, then hire him back next year, hoping people have short memories.
Why, where else would they go? Nobody else in the Irish Media landscape will pay them top Euro.
Maybe but where will they go? They might get jobs in the independent sector but either way the won't get quarter of the salary they are getting in RTE.
He absolutely knew but who else knew?
This leads onto the excellent online publication The Currency has been doing some great stories on this but sadly they are tainted as their co-founder Ian Kehoe is on the RTE board. How can they can continue writing stories when one of their main men is stuck in the middle of the action keeping stum.
We'll have to agree to differ then...extremely generous rates per km. Subsistence overnight is €167 and meal allowance €39.08. No problem with any of this when expenses are actually incurred but a lot of wise guys in this country. Part of the culture.
It appears to be underhand in multiple ways.
He lied by omission in not correcting the public statement from RTE - most people aren't in that situation, so it's irrelevent.
He lied to his colleagues about his solidarity pay cuts - would most people do that?
He didn't seem to provide any services in year 2 and year 3 to justify this €150,000.
If he was a footballer or actor and this money for nothing from Hollywood or an oligarch, it would be a totally different story.
But these are public funds and someone whose career is based on his reputation to speak on current affairs.
My posts are in reply to those who seek to excuse Tubridy of any fault in this scandal.
I disagree that 'all' the focus is on Tubridy. It is entirely valid to hold Tubridy and RTE to account. You will find no post from me putting all the blame for this on Tubridy. It goes much deeper than this. At this stage of the 'scandal' though Tubridy is the one in the spotlight. Dee Forbes resigned - to dodge PAC perhaps? But I expect the questions you have asked about governance will be at the core of what PAC look into.
Well said. There is no smoke without fire. Like many people I liked Ryan Tubridy. I felt he did an excellent job during the pandemic. It may sound like I have him hung drawn and quartered before the truth has come out but he didn't help his cause with that very unconvincing statement.
I am not necessarily talking about his agents/managers, just anyone in the know that could see how something like this would look if it got out. But maybe, as you allude to they were all too greedy and thought just take it, shur nobody will find out.
So we now know Tubs earnings, and the legit ones for Claire Byrne, Joe Duffy, Brendan O'Connor and Miriam.
It appears all the big hitters are coming out and telling us what they earn.
Eagerly awaiting D'Arcy, to see how much he's getting, cos the man is stealing a living.
Why would they advise him? They never thought it would be discovered.
2020 and 2021 thousands people losing their jobs and businesses closing and under huge financial pressure. Wtf was RT thinking in taking these payments..was there nobody with an ounce a common sense (from an optics look) to advise him…
Kind a thinking that cash greed might not have even been the reason. Just a stupid level of self-importance might be more apt?
The rates aren't absolutely exorbitant. Don't forget that the money isn't just to compensate you for the petrol/diesel/electricity you use, it's also to cover maintenance/wear and tear etc. on your car.
Mileage is as below.
You don't get mileage for every mile you drive either. No mileage for commuting, only for driving for work. You also only get paid mileage for whichever distance is lesser (either from your home to where you are working that day, or from your base to where you are working that day).
And as regards subsistence:
You get it if you are at least 8km away from your home or base for at least 5 hours. That's a grand sum of €16.29. If you are away for more than 10 hours, you get €39.08.
RT has not come out to say he did not know about the 150 k paid to him, has he?
He absolutely would have known he was being paid this amount for a contract/work that did not take place.
I reckon that a lot of the presenters will be leaving soon as they won't get any where near the money they are getting now....
No but it is his responsibility to check his bank account. The blind man on the street knows if you are getting the salary Ryan Tubridy is getting you are going to check and see where the extra funds came from. I don't believe for one minute he didn't know about the extra payments. His accountant would surely negotiated on his behalf. I think it's damage limitation for Ryan Tubridy.
It was cancelled after consulting with the NUJ according to the journal.ie not by rte taking a solo run.
What happened with Tubridy was that he agreed a great deal with RTE from his perspective. He knew it was a great deal and kept his mouth shut. Its something most people would do in a similar situation.
There is nothing to suggest, there was anything illegal about the deal or underhand. However there is plenty of evidence that the person/people who negotiated the deal with Tubridy were incompetent. When you are negotiating with your employer/customer you generally try to get the best deal you can. It's expected and perfectly legal. It's one of the reasons we have trade unions. Are trade unions bad because they use the extra leverage they have to get extra money? Should employees/trade unions/companies have to audit the accounts of their employers/customers?
All this focus on Tubridy ignores 2 huge problems in RTE. One the internal controls around invoices and payments are inadequate. Two it's not clear to management what deals it negotiates with suppliers/employees/external talent. I appreciate with these two issues there are no heads to put on a pitchfork but they are far far more serious than anything Tubridy has done. Focusing on Tubridy let's RTE off the hook.
Correct...the public sector as a whole are absolutely rabid for expenses. Subsistence (while staying at home/with relatives) and mileage (absolutely exorbitant rates) are pounced upon like lives depended on it when available. Bertie let this monster out of the bag with benchmarking and it's rampaging ever since.
That’s it punish the staff
If all the top talent apart from tubridy can prove they werent getting top ups where the hell was the 50 million the whistleblower was talking about going to? Id imagine the board and heads of departments arent feeling too good about their jobs right now.
hi Ryan
Claire Byrne's statement says she took a €70k reduction for the TV show, so her Radio show is more expensive than a TV, I assume from that TV only hosts are earning €70k such as Anne Cassin are only on around €70k, but radio hosts such as Jenny Green are getting 100k?
Then we discover she got €25k for Ireland's Smartest and it was not part of her RTÉ contract. A weekend of work BTW.
Total 305,000 for 2023, it will be interesting to see if RTÉ put it down as 270k in 2025!
And this goes back to my point on people who present shows for Indo Producers, does Jenny Z have a separate contract for DWTS with Shinawhil and another with RTÉ for 2FM, thus putting her out of the top 10 when potential she is in the top ten?
If the above figures are correct Jenny Z should be getting at €40k for DWTS and €100k for 2FM.
As this is RTE, I'm be sadly expecting that the contract will be structured to the least possible advantage of the entity paying out the public funds, and as weighted as is possible in favour of the recipient.
These people don't give a damn about how they spend other people's money.
As a contractor his contract can be terminated fairly quickly without needing to pay off the rest of his contract?
I'm guessing its not that staright forward and he made sure the contact is water-tight.
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