Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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They're brilliant when questioning someone elses wages/expenses
Next instalment next Thursday 6th July.
Barter Exchange companies - 12/14 billion dollar business in the US apparently
The Chair and founder of Astus Group, Frances Anne Dickens OBE was the business expert on The Apprentice - You're Fired. OBE awarded by Charles lll a few weeks ago for her services to Media Trading.
Hmm I wonder will all the participants today be back for that meeting or will we lose some to "retirements" or "Illness"?
Is the commercial director going to show up?
While he hasn't been thrown under the bus he is standing in front of it.
Looking forward to the Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 now.
Send in the RTE lads. Who knows what skeletons are in the barter account!!
Try again. He only joined RTE recently and had a career before that. Hence why he was hired as a CFO. Or are you accusing the other companies as well of "nepotism"?
Mattie McGrath was dire in his questioning yesterday.
However he got one thing 100% absolutely SPOT ON.
He said that The Guards needed to be called in on this matter.
He's right.
So should the ODCE if RTE are a company.
And what is Ronan the DJ Collins’ contract? 😁
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Tubridy was getting paid €723,500 in 2011
So even though his pay cut wasn't as much as they published, he did still take a pay cut
Just sayin
From what I got he was entitled to the payment from Today and Yesterday, but the main issue was how they hid it from the public and other staff members of RTE (Even many higher ups) through the barter account.
As far as I could see there was only three people there at the committee's who were initially aware of the 'barter account'
1) Adrian Lynch - interim DG
2) Geraldine O'Leary CCO
3) Richard Collins CFO
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Richard Collins seems the main culprit hiding behind the former DG's (Forbes) direction.
Did he get a car as well?
Well, most of them...
In reality the "barter account" was been used not just to hide payments to Tubs but as a party account to hide from everyone. So anyone in RTE wanted to go on a jolly, or the board fly to Japan to watch some rugby. Just funnel the money via this account and nobody say anything about it.
I'm always curious when electronic devices are seized. How do they decide what devices to seize? Do they seize the devices of everyone in the financial department or only selective people? How do those people do their job if their laptops have been seized? Just curious.
Unless I have been hallucinating for the last 4 hours, she was there Geraldine O'Leary (aka Geraldine O'Weary after that session)
So after 10 years of using this barter account to hide all the piss up the board wanted, the question is who made the f**k up that it was found?
FAS was mentioned and this is the exact same. Will the account details ever be passed over because I would expect a lot of people will be in trouble.
There might be some, in JoeDuffySpeak, some Unwellness in the interim. A lot of it tonight in CFO’s house.
Based on what though? No fraud has been proven, at worst it is deceit and nothing that can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. All we have is admission of bad practice and lack of corporate governance.
Exactly.
Chairs on some boards don't seem to get that it is a responsible position and not just champagne and caviar!
Yeah but wasn't it him brought the barter account into the scope of the audit so perhaps it was that that uncovered how it was being used?
First time I've watched an Oireachtas committee but it'd addictive. They should have given Brendan Griffin the late late show.
Because.
Other questions
Who in RTE were the beneficiaries of the CL tickets? Was Benefit in Kind Tax paid on them?
Who in RTE were the beneficiaries of teh World Cup Rugby Tickets? Was benefit in kind BIK tax paid on them?
Who in RTE is in receipt of a car allowance? Is BIK paid on it?
Who in RTE is in receipt of free merchandise from advertisers - ie Cars, Washing machines, cornflakes, Mobile phones, etc etc - and is BIK paid on it.
RTE should be auditing ALL staff to see who is getting what freebies to ensure there is no conflict of interest AND that BIK is being paid if it applies.
At one stage he did have use of a Lexus LS400 from Ben Dunne...
I am guessing that is exactly why he was hired. Gormless, clueless, you can get him to sign off on anything, he wouldn't know what questions to even ask. There will always be jobs for CFOs like him.
For sure there’s something other than ability as a requirement to be appointed.
He never worked as a CFO previously.
He was a Director in Dunnes Stores.
I think you need to look into the meaning of nepotism.
He's like a political Roy Keane
It was Noel Kelly wasn't it?
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