Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Did the children in the musical have to be paid? If not there’s a cost saving measure for rtes day to day running.
It's the media training for Sinn Fein. They are all the same. A while ago it was just Pearse but they all act now with the fake outrage etc. As soon as she was finished Sinn Fein had already started to flood social media with it
She lost her point loads of time when she was trying to act outraged and then scoffing at the person before they could answer. Going off about bringing her husband to the canteen? she lost the run of herself and the bit of media attention.
The point she was trying to make was a good one as I said at the time, if she just asked it and waited for an answer. Her performance first time around was better but as I mention I think she got the reaction because of the way she acted "Oh she is taking no bulls**t" and tried to turn it up a few notches and it failed.
It can be turned into a theatre \ music venue, and I guess the usual venues at christmas are booked up.
It's a crowded market in December with the usual pantos, Snowman type concerts etc etc
Why would anybody use the Convention Centre for a musical ?
He turned the toy show in been all about him. He had to wear 2-3 jumpers, he had to sign in the show. It was all about how great he was
Previously it was all about the kids and the toys, now it was all about how great they could make Tubs look.
He was particularly annoying on the Toy Show. The last show said it all when he tried to make out he knew all the kids from previous shows. Did he think anyone actually believed that sh*t?
Political allegiances aside Imelda Munster isnt pulling any punches in her questioning and commenting on all of this.
Because forbes was supposed to be the carpet under which everything got nicely swept
Will today’s PAC be televised?
Quick review of tiktok and he is suddenly all over it this morning
Surly to god when these guys get to Dail or the holiday camp they would get help in how to speak and how to present themselves at the likes of these committees and look someways professional. They are representatives of the people who elected them. If I had vote for Mattie or this Louth fella I would be disappointed how they portrayed themselves.
Don’t agree with that at all, the state should pull out of RTE and scrap the license fee and let them stand on their own two feet, as oLeary said she brought in big money with her corporate gigs, CFO stated he was doing a great job, they stated they have great talent in RTE like RT etc who get under the counter deals etc. in our house yesterday the television wasn’t turned on and the 4 of us used the internet instead how many households are the same, we are paying for sky sports and only use RTE for sports. As for PAC asking the ministers brother any hard questions, you have to remember firstly ah sure he’s in the job go easy and let him off.
He already came out to defend him.
He also called for the license fee to be scrapped again.
You obviously don’t follow him, he’s going to town on the whole thing!
When discussing contracts yesterday still using the words "talent" and "top talent".
Just nauseating, and a symptom of how out of step the whole organisation is.
The thing I find particular egregious, galling, and wasteful is when RTE Commercial are spending our money is they never seem to even pretend to seek value for it. Suppliers seem to know there’s “an RTÉ-premium” for goods and RTÉ seem more than happy to pay it.
Take the purchase of the 200 flip flops - not justifying that purchase btw, just want to use it as an example. It seems they paid pretty close to full whack on those. The Junior purchasing person in my place of work would negotiate the hell out of that price and get them a lot cheaper than RTÉ did. There’s also btw a Havianas pop up that opens in Kildare Village every summer…..surely they could go direct to whoever operates that and do a deal there?
Again on radio this (waste and value for money) has been discussed more than once. RTÉ Commercial’s Department seems to live a Gucci lifestyle on Del Boy trading practices, but as long as we’re picking up the tab, they don’t care.
Imagine if that car was loaned to a high profile member of the NUJ who covers a lot of miles for their job?
What if this car borrower is actually a very popular personality in their own right, especially with a certain section of the population?
What if this car borrowing is not this person's first rodeo? They might have had a luxury marque in years gone by but for the last 5 years it was a Renault. Better than nothing, thinks this person. But now, even this car is quickly returned and it's hand in one's own pocket time.
Effing Tubridy, thinks this very well known, not young staffer.
Do you remember when RTÉ-favourite (🙄🤣) Donald Trump said in the run up to the 2026 US Presidential Election that he could walk down 5th Avenue in NY and shoot (and kill) someone and people would still vote for him? Well I think the Tubs fanboys are made of similar stuff.
Blood is thicker than water. He'll stay quiet on the matter methinks.
schadenfreude is sweet.
How the heck is this thread getting so much much attention? when there is so much bigger issues facing the country? but yet you're focused over 345 thousand to some idiot, time to focus on more important things than some TV clown!
It's basically a nostalgia trip for parents that grew up in the 80s and 90s to foist on the kids...with the matching pygamas, treat boxes etc. The performances etc. are for them more than the kids
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I haven't watched a toy show in well over a decade. Once Tubridy took the helm, I watched one or two, and noped out.
Between his bullying of the kids, and making it essentially about 'him', I was just over it.
My mum and brother would watch it occasionally, and then I'd see people on twitter talking about how the show 'left them bawling crying'... sorry, but wasn't the whole point of the show to be uplifting? He'd have some family on, and then there'd be the sad story that 'you spent last Christmas in hospital-didn't ya?' and Ryan would just revel in the misery.
The whole Toy Show was meant to be this 'joyous' occasion, and Tubridy turned it into misery porn, like he always did.
Maybe it was and the difference was pId to NK.
2000 euro on balloons. I'd die laughing but all I can think st the moment is all my 160 euro for the tv licences Ive paid...and those shysters ..
What's wrong with a visit to Supermacs
Patrick Kielty's opening few lines on the first LLS will be easy enough with all the goings on, they will write themselves 😁. Having Tubridy on as the final nights guest would be a master stroke...how did it make you feel etc etc, is the Vespa fast.
I’d like to know why she accepted the resignation of Forbes
After what has come yesterday, why the foook are people still defending RT and saying it's all RTE's fault? If that's what you seriously think you are getting the the public broadcaster that you deserve. How bad does it have to get for you to agree RT is not innocent.
Next week RT and NK want to meet up with the various committees and if they ask to meet in private they should be told to get the fuuuck as RT and NK should not be allowed to control the narrative.
Oh google said €45 million, so fair enough 😃
