RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Siun, Moya and Dee what a trio. Turns out balancing gender doesn't actually fix anything.

Putting on my grubby little deal hat, I'm at a loss to try understand why they didn't try to fake the contract date?

But, perhaps, maybe the whistle blower... is/was under the employ of NK?

Or is it a digital contract?

I don't think the drip feed is completely intentional. we should all be realising now that the people in charge at RTE hadn't a clue what was actually going on and they are only finding out now that they are being forced to look into the dark corners and black accounts. I suspect there was a fair bit of " don't ask, don't tell" going on.

That is the accounts that do not relate to toy show the musical. It was obvious to everyone that was a complete and total flop, where RTE management bought its own bullshit hype over the TS. They have done their damnedest to hide those losses from public view.

I hope Coveney gets torn asunder tomorrow.

I'm not a great committee watcher by any means, but I can't recall any time witnesses ostensibly on the same side turned on other witnesses also present at the same committee. It probably has happened, but it must be very rare.

We could indeed be in for a dramatic day tomorrow. And entertaining.

Cianan Brennan reports:

Tubridy signed the termination of his previous contract on July 24 2020, 3 days after that agreement had been approved on his behalf by Noel Kelly. Contract had been due to expire the following month, on 31 August. Tubs appears to have been up to speed as to what was happening. (No ****)

Kelly signed, Dee Forbes guaranteed Tubridy’s company Tuttle Productions that all fees payable to Tubridy under his new contract would be paid by RTE “without any reductions”

The top seven earners outside presenters at RTE are all on the executive board, with salaries ranging from €275,000 down to €241,000.

Tubridy (with his correct salary of €515,000, as opposed to the €440,000 RTE publicised) remains RTE’s highest paid contract employee.

As part of its infamous tripartite deal with RTE and Tubridy, Renault agreed, under a clause titled ‘Reputation of the Talent’, not to “do or say anything that will bring The Talent into disrepute”. Basically, keep your mouth shut.

Tubs was paid 25,000 a pop for each 2 hour event.

And where the **** were those journalists for years? All hoping for a slice of the RTE pie.

I don't think they can. The kindest possible interpretation of the drip feed is that management are only finding out the locations of the graves almost as we are. This is of course utter incompetence and the lack of oversight is the breeding ground for fraud.

Hopefully the investigations will show how fertile that breeding was.

Keep a close eye on Paragraph 2. Why did Forbes have to guarantee Tubridy that there would be no pay cut for him? That can only mean he personally demanded it.....did he even threaten not to sign the contract or to walk away unless she guaranteed this?

His first statement of denial now reads all the more sinister.

As far as Emma O'Kelly... honestly, I think many of them are running on lack of sleep, and so we're seeing some silly statements from folks in charge.

I agree, the supposed 'gender equality' got folks into this mess. In fact, that was one of the early condemnations when this story broke, that 'virtue signalling' was used to hide the immorality going on in RTE.

Great, it's a bit **** late for them to be rocking the boat when it's already about to capsize.

The story was there for years, your posts were there. In ways I hope you gave them nothing because they didn't deserve it but at the same time I do want to see this boat sink to the very bottom.