RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

He took the pay cut.

Nearly 40% since he started the LLS.

RTE as they stated yesterday came up with the cooperate sideline. Not RT.

Sometimes I ask the Yahoo.

Stealing a wage for 14 years.

Or destroying Whistleblowers who have the gall to question their actions. This is rife right the Civil and Public sector, RTE would only the tip of the iceberg.

Generally idiots who can't afford to do so, which is why they are so popular with ITV daytime shows. It really is exploiting people who need to dream.

Apparently, this is called a false/ghost invoice. And one of the reasons for its appeal is it can be taken out in cash and become undocumented. Avoids tax. Laundered.

Let's be real, they've probably done this so many times they can't face questions on it.

It's not enough at this stage to ask RTE for the transactions on the account. They can be hidden. As a result, they're giving them time to hide things. They're computers/accounts should be taken.

But at the end of the day, there's a reason for "verbal agreements..." but there has to be a trail somewhere...

It doesn't matter if the percentage fee is high when it's not your money... you're still getting a free wedge.

They're probably rewriting RT's contract as we speak.

Also, apparently, you can duplicate these payments. The is fine-wine white collar crime.

Apparently he's been paid atm on the back of a verbal agreement. But no one knows.

You couldn't make it up

I don’t agree with that statement.

i take part in those competitions regularly and it is only the price of a few pints

next you’ll be giving out about those of us who like to buy a scratch card every now and again.

in fact I was at a funeral recently and the man who was dead was a great man for the scratch cards so I decided to put a scratch card into the coffin alongside him.

well wasn’t there about 10 other scratch cards there - a lot of people do this as a mark of respect.

i have seen decks of cards put into coffins of great bridge or 25 card players

it’s a nice tradition

By Jaysis - if I was up above in front of the PAC - I wouldn’t give them a straight answer to any question and I would turn the tables on them and ask them tough questions about fixing roads, planning permission, tidy towns being growing flowers outside some important peoples houses

there us a lot of underhand dealings up and down the country

It was previously reported that Tubridy's agent came up with the deal and suggested it to RTE on behalf of Tubridy. He is not as innocent as he is letting on; the idea that he was paid an extra €75,000 per annum and wasn't aware of it is preposterous, especially considering it has also came out that he continued to attend Renault Corporate Events which were also paid for or subsidized by RTE.

You honestly couldn't make up the levels of corruption between Tubridy and RTE. Whilst nothing as of yet has shown criminal intent I genuinely would not be surprised if the Garda Financial Crimes Unit does not get involved in the corruption at RTE as this is surely just the beginning of the corruption and due to the nature of RTE's financial backing through Public Funds it would seem logical for the GFCU to be involved at a later stage.

Ah come off it. RTE were paying him from day 1. Renault didn't pay a penny. The corporate gig thing was just one big cover for RTE paying him 75k more than advertised. And to really rub salt into the wounds of the taxpayer, RTE had to go one step further and organize gigs at a cost of 47k just to keep up the pretense of a Renault corporate gig. Its just shocking and disgraceful.

Where was the report it was NK that came up with it?

Because yesterday in the PAC the head of corperate stated DF came to her to investigate it and try get a deal done. Not NK or RT.

The CFO said he was aware RTE were looking into avenues to increase RT's income. So it sounds like Renault was not the only avenue they looked at