Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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It really might be the gift that keeps on giving
Point taken re relative merits of jobs involved. However, the huge salaries paid to too heavy management in a largely dysfunctional organisation funded completely by the taxpayer deserves greater scrutiny. At least RTE have commercial revenue coming in. Not condoning what went on in RTE by any means, but the timing of the disclosure of the salaries is just a bit off to me.
Thought he was a Toyota man:
Photo of Marty returning car:
I may be picking this up wrongly but the testimony yesterday seemed to suggest that the employee did not have line manager approval to accept the car. This makes me wonder if the line manager (if asked) could have approved such an arrangement.
There is no way in hell that any company I know could or would approve the use of a car as a ‘perk’ or a ‘gift’ from a commercial partner and really RTE staff shouldn’t be allowed either.
Nothing about Benefit in Kind is his statement.
He may not have had a car allowance, as the statement says but he was/is entitled to claim mileage and Travel and Subsistence payments for his work.
He does not make that clear at all in this statement.
Also, who was Director of News who allowed this in 2017?
Are there any other deals that he allowed that we should know about?
In the overall picture of all that's going on at RTE, the car loan thing is actually relatively small fry.
Marty might have a few tax issues to sort out, but I don't think this one impacts RTE as an organisation too much.
Adrian Lynch said the car was returned on Tuesday. Marty saying it was returned on June 23.
It just speaks to the culture of sloppiness and “ah sure it doesn’t matter” with regard to other people’s money, other people’s things. Finance for a new Renault over 5 years would be about €18k, and that’s being conservative.
How is that ok? I have to do endless bullshit online ethics training in work, where it is made extremely clear again and again that it is not ok to accept anything other than very small gifts. And I’m on much less money then Marty Morrissey.
Ugh, just sick of all of them!
I reckon that the Renault garage were **** it when they heard the screeching of a car arriving back to the salesroom on Tuesday, followed by keys being fecked against the window.
Clare to Dublin in record time!
Marty the Party needed a free car to cover all the invites! But returned it 2 weeks ago - murky.
Marty will have to be taken off air for editorial reasons now...
He's another 'star' that is vastly overpaid.
Just scrolled all the way back and can confirm this post is still on FB
RTE- Renault Transport Eireann
The article on the RTE website says the car Marty had ( a Renault..... of course it is!!) was returned on the 23rd of June, does that mean another person returned a separate car on Tuesday?
If it means we don’t have to listen to his awful “can you hear the roar, the passion of the people” intro before every match then I hope he’s fired over this.
By George I've got it. It's unbleevible.
Marty's car!
What did he do wrong here? He sought permission to do speaking at Renault dealerships, got no payment and got this car on loan basically as payment.
EDIT: It appears he sought permission to do the speakings but failed to mention how he was getting a loaner out of it.
To be honest this seems like a non-story. He didn't do anything on RTE premises or with RTE equipment. Basically a nixer and got paid with this loaner car.
EDIT2: Unless this "Interviewing GAA personalities" was somehow through RTE and thus on-air...
He seems to be disputing the issue of permission.
It wasn’t George Lee’s name I heard but that post and his relationship with that company need further examination.
Ah! He's a paid up NUJ member, is he not?
I wonder what Emma O'K and the others in the newsroom will do with him.
A public flogging at the very least. Block access to his hair dye maybe.
Ah well I guess the Marty Party will have to take the Venga Bus from now on
Rte
Morrissey apologises over
'ad hoc' car arrangement
Sports presenter Marty Morrissey has
apologised for an "error of judgement" in
relation to an "ad hoc" arrangement in which
he had the use of a car for a number of years
Mr Morrissey, who is also RTÉ's Gaelic
Games Correspondent, confirmed the news in
a statement this evening
He said he was asked to MC a number of
events in 2017 at Renault garages across
the country. He said he had sought RTÉ
permission at the time do to so, and that this
was granted.
Naughty naughty Marty
Marty Morissey admits returning car.
Are you taking the piss?
Why would any of the RTE staff go to a BBQ hosted by someone who helped cause this scandal?
Truth and reconciliation will only happen when the high salaries are gone and RT is nowhere near RTE again.
On the 29th Nov 2018 Marty Morrisey is hosting some event in their dealership
But their brand ambassadors then were GAA players so that might be why
He's hardly still driving the yoke he's waxing lyrical about here:
https://m.independent.ie/life/motoring/me-and-my-car-marty-whelan/26237662.html
MM is who I heard from Leinster Street
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