Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Reminds me a bit of certain cretin in a fancy suit who was concerned about “coinage” ruining the outline….wonder has he the yellow Lamborghini as well 😎
Still there anyway. Given Joe has 300,000 listeners for less money he should maybe look for a raise.
You probably answered your own question there, Ryan, sorry, Sorolla. RTE is the textbook definition of Nepotism. Ordinary Joe Soaps were afraid to speak out for fear of incurring the wrath of generations of sons/daughters/nieces/nephews of RTE’s founding Fathers.
Rotten. To. The. Core.
I have no words.
You would think with all the money he makes he would at least afford a decent feed for himself and put on a bit of weight.
And I mean that most sincerely, folks.
Jaaysis,it wasn't miserable enough
I wouldn't think it would be the right time to bring it up.
So what did we learn from the committee apart from. I no nothing and Dee did it?
Despite the fact it's clear other people knew about it and had to approve it or moved the money.
Will the PAC be any different tomorrow?
We learned that Ryan did nothing wrong whatsoever.
Can somebody explain how this is legal? I keep seeing people say its immoral/unethical but not illegal.
Forbes/NK/Tubridy have essentially used this barter account to sell public airtime to Renault, and pocketed the money (services rendered to Renault, credit note issued, money instead paid to Tubridy).
In our jobs, if any of us sold goods or services to a customer, issued them a credit note, and asked that they Revolut us the money instead, we would be in serious ****. I don't understand why it's any different just because it's the public broadcaster's money.
And without the context of what we now know who would have believed them? Who would have given them airtime and taken them seriously?
I always assumed that all RTE staff would have been well paid, all had access to the pension scheme, and all have the best of equipment available to them. Take them telling Sinead Hussey they can't afford camera crew as an example - how was she supposed to do her job? Conjure them up out of thin air whenever they was a story to report on?
I think the rather personal “appearance” remarks aren’t needed here.
The government appoint the board.
at the end of the day the government are ultimately responsible.
Yes, they’re speaking out now about their conditions but saying nothing about the nepotism as that’s how so many of them got in in the first place %
You are not alone
I am here with my money
Though you're poor as shıt
RTE pay me like I'm a big hit
Correct.
Apart from his & Mr Kelly's apparent greed have damaged their own and RTÉ's reputation and sank Dee Forbes career. And we may not be done just yet.
I would say demographics wise Joe's audience would be less errr desirable/older. The adverts (mostly for other RTE shows when I have listened in) and hearing aids would back that up.
Joe Duffy has made the point that the talent brings in the ratings and the revenue. This is rubbish. People just listen to RTE for a variety of reasons - historical and habit etc etc.
Their wages should be halved for next year including Claire Bland.
I do.
Coked off his head.
Whatever about what has happened in the last 10 days, it was around that time that I gave up on the Late Late show (not that I needed much of an excuse) and the sanctimonious git.
The “talent need the wages” reminds me the other crock a Sh1t about bankers’ pay.
Because they paid Tubridy money he was legally due contractually - his loyalty bonus.
The morally questionable part was the under reporting of this amount plus wages to the public. And it seems the creative use of a sponsor to hide it, though again not illegal- seemed like common industry practices the way they spoke about it. But it was hidden and not brought to public attention
Barter accounts explained here Independent.
Common anywhere there is sponsoring Soccer Sport etc . Not just media groups.
He’s a spoofer. An absolute grifter of the highest degree. If anyone had a single doubt about that…..
I don’t watch football, rugby etc to listen to Richard Sadlier or Rob Kearney…. I want to watch the matches.
nobody tunes on the Sunday game to see Joanne Cantwell.. as excellent at her job and as likeable as she is … the match..
nobody turns on the news to watch David McCullogh or Kate Egan.. they do so for the actual content, of news.
Luckily I had given up long before that. I believe I stopped watching after 3 months. His interview technique was awful and he cared more about how he looked in the interview than doing interesting Q&A. It was all so fake too.
The sad reality of this country is that 75% of that audience would turn up his TV gig, if he had one, again.
Considering he’s lost 100,000 (that show used to have circa 400,000) he should be taking a decrease. Mr. Duffy would be overpaid if he was on €100,000.
Jaysus lads will yis type a bit slower. I can't keep up with yis. Pages and pages since i was here earlier.
is NK site down? https://www.nkmanagement.ie/
Interesting.
So Whelan was there as the star turn for the travel agents - that's one "fee".
And he did a broadcast from there, with a crew from lyric with him also.
That's another "fee".
Travel and subsistence claimed by one and all as well, no doubt.
George Hamiltons "fee" needed paying as well.
So, one 3 hour programme was broadcast from Italy and Whelan and a producer etc were there for a WEEK!
All to facilitate his gig with the travel company
Maybe someone from PAC might ask about it sometime?
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