RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

I was thinking more along the lines of the healthcare and housing crisis to be honest. Things that directly effect everyone.

But I am not saying this isn't important, the opposite in fact, but the response needs to be proportional and fast which it won't be.

Can posters not just post without this incessant “oh, you’re supporting Tubridy I see.”

Give over and simply allow some back and forth debate.

not everyone will ageee 100 percent here, and these type debates are never binary/black and white. Lot to consider and discuss.

another good article that I think hits the nail on the head. RTE showing a real lack of balls and firmness, and most importantly, control!!

Fintan O’Toole: RTÉ abandoned the public interest during Covid and capitulated to Tubridy’s tone-deaf demands

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/07/01/fintan-otoole-rte-abandoned-the-public-interest-during-covid-and-capitulated-to-tubridys-tone-deaf-demands/

Poor Geraldine will miss all the junkets, meals in posh restaurants, u2 gigs, coaches to drive her half a kilometre

Plus

Barter accounts are supposedly standard in the radio industry. Willie O'Reilly claimed they are used in Today FM, Newstalk, Highland Radio, iRadio and FM104

This was the senior executive managers not the Board

PAC member Brendan Griffin and his quip about his son asking what RTE stands for. Whether it actually happened or not, I think it shows a real lack of respect to be airing it.

Tubridy is under enough public scrutiny as it is, without a TD/PAC member having a pop in such a childish public manner.

I’d expect more from public representatives, particularly those responsible for examining standards.

It's very easy to get out of this however as we have seen countless times throughout the years.

Echoing the bankers’ pay nonsense. It’s a crock a Sh1t

Hardly surprising. Pretty much all our public representatives were expected to enthusiastically take part in an aggressive pile on during covid, and that went on for a couple of years. I expect that’s how they will handle every crises going forward. Some did well enough this week but too many made a show of themselves in their desperation to demonstrate to the public how much they hate RTE now. They are putting on a show for the public.

I'm reporting you. This must be the 5th time you are on quoting me to have a pop.

If you want to engage me, do so, but quit the baiting.

What I was on about was the radio catch up this morning and the analogy of RTE and their excuse that they need to pay the top money to retain the talent, reminds me of the same excuse we hear for bankers' pay.

Are those presenters who have a car because they are a Brand Ambassador liable for BIK - or whatever it’s called in their tax liability?

Yes - they are liable for BIK.