Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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No one understands....it is absolutely mind boggling what was and is going on.....it makes no sense....why such a dreadful and lazy broadcaster could command such outrageous fees for so long while ordinary hard workers were forced to take cuts.....
Tubridy could not have earned close to half of what he was getting from RTE anywhere else, so why give it to him?
It appears that NKM have a death grip over RTE and Dee Forbes just caved in to all demands.......
Why jump to these extraordinary hoops to get tubridy MORE cash?
Let him go to the BBC and do his puke inducing Craig Doyle impression of liking the British when they sicken him to the pit of his stomach. I don’t supposed that type of two faced back handed hypocricy will come difficult to him. It’s an air of superiority he brought by the simple fact that his kind outnumber and yes bully FG’ers. It’s a form of bullying they learn in Willow Park right from junior infants up. It’s that they are superior to all others and can impose their form of government on the rest of this country.
For comic relief
For Halloween??
Yes.
OK, let pretend I didn't say that. 😂
BBC what?
Are you trying to say BBC was trying to hire Tubridy?
BBC?
I don't understand why they agreed to the extra payments in the first place. He's not going to get a better deal anywhere else. I think he was a terrible presenter for the Late Late. They weren't that desperate for him were they?
Whether we believe it or not, the deafening silence from RT as regards him telling us that he should not have taken that money is the real bugbear for folks.
After his previous 2 disatrous statements, I am certain NKM are telling him to keep his head down as much as possible.....
Stay hiding in D4 Tubs....no chance for jolly japes with 99's along dun laoighaire....
Not much he can say unless he contradicts himself. He said he knew nothing about it.
I wonder did Tubridy bring the canapes home from the Renault garage?
Yes. Tubs doesn't take that much notice of the financial stuff. Confusing I know.
Can we expect an extended interview with Ryan Tubridy today to save his career or will he stay silent?
one thing this fiasco has demonstrated to me and like minded people like me who still like to eat their dinner in the middle of the day and we do call it dinner and not lunch like those fancy airy fairy people up above in Dublin is that our national broadcaster is underfunded.
when will our politicians up above in dail eireann open their eyes and ears and look into their hearts and see for themselves that public service broadcasting is just as underfunded as the health service or the education system.
That isn't up for debate/question...it's in the report.
30k for one of the years...which was then inflated magically to 47k...
Completely different. Newstalk is a private enterprise and if they want to pay Ivan Yates or Bosco €1m a year that's their choice and they live with the business consequences (and individual careers are impacted). There are less (or no) consequences in RTE - Just the paw out for more.
(Also Ivan went to Wales for bankrupcy due to Celtic Bookmakers collapse - Different issue)
And NK falsely invoiced these 75K payments through the barter company account in the UK as 'Consultancy Services'.
Not only that but I understand that RTE paid for the drinks and hospitality at those events for Renault.
So Tubridy initially received 75K for three appearances at Renault showrooms. Renault pulled the plug yet RTE continued to pay Tubs for work he wasn't doing anymore. Yet Tubs didn't notice that he was still being paid for this???
Are we really expected to believe all this?
The current management can answer questions on current and future payments to Tubridy.
100% but her mistake was trying to keep both sides happy by concealing his real earnings,she would have shipped some flak at that the time if she had defended his full salary as the market rate but nothing like the damage her decision to conceal has wrought.As the saying goes," its always the cover up that gets you."
I switched on Newstalk to hear Pat Kenny's views on Tubridy/RTE and it turns out he's not there. Replaced by Ivan Yates - another insider who went to Wales for a year for some reason......
Well there was a guarantee.
So are we going to see a clearing out of the politically charged promotions of celebrity republican personalities in RTE for political gain? I’m thinking the likes of Doireann Garrighy and Carl Mullan. One a rugger girl through and through, taking the p1ss and breaking etticut and the other a carbon copy of Ross O’Carroll Kelly in real life?
This is what FF SF do, they promote their own to plant seeds in the minds of the public and get them to sin. In the case of Forbes I presume she has/had a son/relatives in Blackrock College. The incessant corruption goes far beyond back handed pay increases, it involves the promotion of people that suit their agenda and making them stars.
Leo Cullen does it in Leinster so it’s not a unique trait these Blackrock College republicans have of promoting FF friendly personalities. I’m thinking James Ryan. Cut below sixth choice for the Lions by Gatland and never made the tour but lauded by Cullen and his supporters on the rugby section here as the next great white hope due to his heritage.
Sickening, the removed nepotism that goes with their political form of management.
*pretend trains have wheels
They do have wheels!
As they said on the radio this morning, if the CFO and Commercial director don't appear at the PAC today, it will be a bit of a farce and prove that RTE management are trying to hide the truth - which they absolutely are doing. Get those decision makers in and see what they know.
Invoices falsely sent by NK requesting payment for 'consultancy services' could be a thing. If RTE want to go down that route.
Lol
It is pertinent. Ryan Tubridy is infamous for his name dropping of products on his radio show. There is and have been long running threads here listing all the supposed freebies he has received and ones he hints at liking. It’s a regular thing with him.
Question arise so, were some of these product endorsements, product placement scenarios? He could well say for example “Hi folks, oh and I had a great trip to Cashel at the weekend, super place and very quick pleasant spin down & back in the Renault Megane. Great coffee in xyz and super pleased to receive a wee hamper of scrumptious goodies from xyz this morning” That’d be typical content.
Listeners will wonder now if/ was he getting paid for these mentions/ plugs? If so, were RTÉ getting paid for these, as they should be. Or if so, another line of revenue for our man Tubridy?
