RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Top 100 earners and the lowest is near €117k. 🤬

I'd say they're in sensory overload on reading the latest round of revelations

Are you saying that files may not be found or go missing?

Could be a fire in the Rte records department tonight 🤔

I can see why these barter accounts are used for trading unsold advertising etc and paying the 35 percent for the service of matching advertisers with available slots at short notice.

I fear we will find when all this comes out that perfectly saleable advertising slots were being run through the barter company for the singular purpose of funding dodgy spending and that is a far more serious issue because that would involve paying 35 percent just to hide the transaction as well as selling advertising slots at reduced rates, all just to keep the slush fund rolling.

385k to tubridy paid via the slush fund could possibly have cost closer to 1 million if funded with needlessly cheaply sold advertising slots and 35% fee on top.

RTE once actually did have a hard left element until a cadre of FF youth wing types, including Joe Duffy and Mary McAleese, got their foot in the door and diluted their influence.

117k per year 21 - 31 presenters. RTÉ don't make much TV and don't have very many High profile presenters I am guessing

• 2 of the 2fm Breakfast hosts (I don't think Mullen would be on that)
• The 3 presenters from RTÉ one's Today show, I am guessing that Thelma and Derek were doing well back in the day and AFAIK Derek pretty much admitted as much with out saying much
• the 5 presenters of the Morning Ireland and Drivetime
• The presenter of the Ronan Collins show (GDPR and all)
• At least 5 actors from Fair City
• The main presenters of Six One, Nine News and One O'Clock
• one or two of the Sports analysis and hosts. (and definitely the one on Lyric FM)
• Potential a few of the 2fm hosts (The 2 Jennys and the 2 Johnnies)
• The host of Marty in the Morning!

Note almost everything is either Radio or News.

Also if the RTE income for different years was reduced because advertising slots were sold at reduced rates, its no surprise that Dee Forbes was forever on about RTE losing money.

I paid the full licence last month before all this broke.

Long shot but anyone know if it's possible to cancel it, get partial refund and take my chances?

Drew Harris said AGS can't get involved until somebody makes a complaint to them.

Can anyone make that complaint?

0818 715 815.

Did you use your Post Office Deposit Account as a Barter account? If not sorry you paid up, and it will help go towards Severance pay on the Executive board.

Also I remember when Moya Doherty joined the board, she said she could do more than 3 years, end up their for 8, she should have taken her own advice. Also remember that Alex White, then minister, cycled to her house to offer her the job, suppose 2 old RTÉ Stickies from RTÉ... I would have though Joe Duffy was a Sticky TBH.