Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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The alarm bells were sounded on this to the Minister on March 17th. As Dunphy points out the fact that it was done on our major bank holiday in itself suggests the alarm bells were ringing and they were ringing loud that day, esp. as most people don’t work that day. Let’s be honest here, they didn’t find out that day they had a problem. They found out they had a problem some time before that day and had to gather some time to get their story straight before alerting the Minister on March 17th.
What date did Tubs announce he was leaving the LLS? March 16th. Just a coincidence of course. Just a coincidence.
I'm not talking about sponsorship ie this program is brought to you by XX, I mean the ad revenue. I'm open to correction but radio operates the same as TV and with TV shows, the more viewers watching something means the higher the ad revenue for a spot when the show is airing. Like the superbowl is something mental like a couple of million for a 30 second slot.
Sid Vicious had some interesting thoughts on 'the man in the street' if anyone would like to look it up.
was / is a funding gap a problem or is RTÉ management and Dee Forbes / Tubridy the problem ….🙄
complaining they haven’t enough dosh yet paying Tubridy undeclared money….
Yes and no.
The RTÉ Radio Rate Card is available online for anyone to see.
But please note, no-one pays rate card rates. Ad and Media Agencies buy advertising space in bulk and get huge discounts on same. It’s incredibly cost-effective - I would say cheap - to advertise on radio in particular.
Other posters have put the figures on the thread... the station and slot are far bigger determinants of the audience size than the presenter.
I'm not sure your procurement concern about the general payments to contractors to stand up. I see and get your theory, but I'd imagine they have some kind of agreement or approval, given that they've been doing it this way for a bunch of contractors for a bunch of years.
There IS a procurement concern about the payments they made to the UK agency. Whatever service that agency was providing should have gone through a procurement process, to ensure that the service provided and fees charged represent value for money, and almost certainly there was no such procurement process.
The PAC looking for access to RTE's accounts for the first time.
The PAC is going to use a legal instrument that would allow it scrutinise RTÉ's accounts for the first time.
When Pat Kenny (a much better broadcaster than Tubridy) left RTÉ, his replacement (Sean O’Rourke) not only held the listenership figures, he grew them.
Where this train of thought that if Tubs left RTÉ will be screwed comes from is utter nonsense. One can only assume it’s coming from his agent, and swallowed hook, line, and sinker by Forbes and whoever else was party to these deals.
They miss loads! An organisation the size of RTE, with their 300m income and similar costs, no auditor is checking every transaction in the accounts.
If the "barter" account was nil balance at the year end there's a very good chance it wouldn't be looked at.
If auditors miss fook all then how did Anglo collapse?
Not defending either RTE or auditors here, both are idiots.
Dunphy podcasts on the topic links below. I suggest you listen to them in order:
Friday:
Today:
I often wonder about farming out shows to independent production companies. Some of them have RTE connections, but then Ireland is a small place isn't it?
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Funny you should mention Richard Howard as the audit partner responsible. His name might ring a bell for some - he was also the chap who signed off on the FAI accounts.
what an outstanding CV!
Talking smut. Nice. You're so two faced.
Gerry Ryan was a superb radio presenter.
It's very difficult to listen to Dunphy in 2023. He was a force back from the 80s to the 2010s but these days it sounds like age has caught up with him. Not to mention the terrible audio fidelity in his podcast, it sounds like he's drowning.
Please tell me how I can claim subsistence while staying at home? I can't wait for this one.
Those big accounting/consultancy companies are untouchable. They are too big and too global and always have an excuse. They make "mistakes" all the time and it gets overlooked. Maybe they get swapped out for the next audit/contract but the 4 of them have the market sewn up.
Didn't the CEO of the HSE go to EY and I know EY do plenty of work for the HSE.
😅😅.. Give over
That's it Mrs. Ryan's underwear etc.
There aren't 4 auditors to choose from, and materiality is a fact of audits, 75k is immaterial in the context of 300 odd million
Sharon Ni Bheolain doesn't appear to be in any stable.
She seems like a down to earth person who just wants to do her job and no limelight or look at me.
"For the first time"!!!
A fcucking joke.
Comes across aloof, albeit it’s kind of unassuming/professional.
I'm a bit tired of celebs doing great work for charidee.
Maybe he could have done some work so that essential services aren't dependant on a few crumbs dropped off the big table.
I'd prefer that than fake 'Be Kind' tbh. I'd say that might be her professional veneer and she'd be sound with family and friends.
Agreed. It's so much better to listen to some uncharismatic, smug, mediocre fakelord, that's being paid half a million a year by the taxpayer, to talk absolute scutterwollix every weekday morning for an hour
I know of a Local Authority who pays travel expenses to councilors who attended meetings on line.
Agreed. I like her..
EY are the current consultants of choice to the HSE, it is a small world we live in!
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