Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Geraldine O'Leary squirming now.
That’s grand Geraldine
Bakhurst will want to be seen to make heads roll IMO
Thinking your above anyone is exactly why we are all here. Let alone a person who is put where is is by the electorate. The ultimate smugness to laugh or smirk at anyone when your the one in the wrong!
Funny that nobody has asked for the minutes of ANY meeting. These should be immediately available. They are in the minutes file ‘on the top shelf’. And , by the way the M of U and articles of Association would refer to to the taking of minutes and where they should be stored/kept - this is part of BASIC good governance
Collins hasn't a clue. How the hell did he get to CFO level?
No vat on the invoice
so cash
my mum is elderly, has mild dementia and in one of her moods so I can’t concentrate on the tv or I have to sort her out elsewhere.
Would someone kindly post most pertinent questions asked and then a synopsis of answers? Pretty please xxx
I've still no idea where the €81,000 went!
lol The invoice is billed to a UK company. Handy.
Everyone here is an out and out gangster.
"In hindsight... "
A sparse description. Like the sparse answers
O'Leary is the only one who seems like she means business and wants to sort it out, find out how and why it happened IMO. I would say she is ripping into people behind the scenes. She seemed instrumental in getting rid of Forbes.
But the thing about ditching Forbes that worries me. was it plan between RTE Siun/Anne/Forbes to take Forbes out of the Oireachtas firing line as DG? Or was it simply a case of Siun/Anne etc wanting to get rid of a bad apple and distance themselves from it?
That is the bit I can't decide on.
I still don't understand this barter account.
The 'barter account' seems very similar to an account the CRC had 10 years ago which the top brass would dip into off the official books.
Am I correct in my thinking, that for 'Consultancy Services' RTE should have deducted Withholding Tax as they are a Public Body?
On the contrary, I think he is fully aware. He's playing the idiot.
There are definitely many more invoices with "consultancy fees" on them.
This just stinks of a massive transfer of public money to MANY people. Can throw tax evasion into the mix aswell.
is that not money laundering?
He's doing a cracking job at being the idiot!
Mar tá sí gaelgeorí. Jaysus, they're bad enough without blasting the Irish language and cultural heritage, all of which are essentially fundamental to RTÉ as one of two primary languages of the state and to its role as a state broadcaster. Her ineffectiveness as displayed before the Media committee and PAC has nothing to do with her use of the Irish language.
Yeh I thought it looked very foolish ,more than Mattie , which saying something.
This is the nadir of their career and they may be out on their ears with no pensions following on so not a laughing matter atall .
He absolutely WON'T want to - they're all buddies in there. He will however, HAVE to. Richard Collins will be amongst the first after this performance.
Nobody has any confidence in this shower.
Er, 35% of 75,000 is €26.250 ???
Insisted on paying his own expenses too!
He needs to make some joke about all of this as an opener on his first show so that he can just get on with it.
I've missed pages here and might not get to catch up until tomorrow. 😑
This committee showing how terrible the Media committee was.
Is he using his lack of knowledge as a smokescreen to buy time and distance himself? I don't trust the man at all, by far the most untrustworthy IMO.
I think we are talking about 2 different people . I am talking about Geraldine ..
You are talking about Anne in HR I believe ?
Are they both O'Leary ?
I would say a bit of both in what you say in the second half of that post ..damage limitation 101 .
He wouldn't be signing anything if it was his own money. He'd be asking questions.
Who the F**k uses a company that charges 35% per transaction 😂😂😂
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