Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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What are you on about.
The Media Minister didn't give a clear answer on whether the public should continue to pay the licence fee.
This is the issue.
Not whatever pyscho drama you want to make it out to be.
Lets stick to the facts.
There's no credible claim or evidence that RTE's barter accounts were used to get free cars for anyone.
The poster I responded to claimed that RTE was buying cars for the "talent". Again, there's no credible claim or evidence that this is the case.
Making up unnecessary allegations only serves to confuse and muddy the waters, which only benefits the wrongdoers.
Marty Morrissey's loaner and any "brand ambassador" car are totally separate things to the barter accounts, or to RTE's finances. And it's important to understand this.
Not the Minister for media. So if you want to break one of those laws then I suggest you get legal advice. Best of luck on that, be sure to give us feedback
I know you're not quoting me but I've never put in a dodgy expense claim. If I was over 5 hrs away and required subsistence, I'll claim it, if not I won't. Likewise with mileage, the cc of my car and overnight stays.
Are you telling us you've put in false expenses claims and thought nothing of it? That's dishonesty and fraudulent.
Ryan lied to the public and deceived his fan base. i think you will find a lot of people blame Tubs and in reality he should never work for RTE again. If he is such a talent he will have no problem getting work with other stations
"the baying mob" is trying to demean the public looking for answer. I think you will find no they haven't moved on but waiting for them to come forward next week.
Why buy cars when you can get them for free.
Of course, by "free", we mean using the totally free barter account to hide transactions.
I doubt it, she didn't fit the brand ,not even noel Kelly would have her
I predict civil war in the etiquette thread, all the posters seem to be out but, in an unfortunate turn of events, some of the regulars (no pun intended) are taking opposing sides.
The shıt might literally hit the fan now.
I haven't seen any claim or evidence that RTE bought anyone any cars. Are you sure that your grasp of what's going on is up to standard?
There is a flip side to that coin.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
To rebuild something new you must destroy the old. This could be all intentional to justify the rebooting of public broadcasting.
The way they've played it now is brilliant. Should they suggest a reboot in the coming months after we get to the bottom of this the public will be 100% behind the idea. They're winding us up each week with more revelations not to mention the un-likeablity of the board.
Added to which the drip feeding of this scandal - which I believe to be an open secret in RTE and government is a fantastic distraction from real problems.
The housing, cost of living, immigration crisis are all out of the headlines. You could nearly sign a bill for a €23Bn metro and nobody would notice for months.
Never put in a dodgy expenses claim yourself, Brendan? Or took the overnight rate for a hotel and instead headed round to the parochial house for the night?
Correct. Ryan didn't do anything wrong.
He has, however, been proven to be a lying, greedy hypocrite. Yes?
It’s a chance for real change at RTE. NK, RT and the executive can not be part of that
Turbidy and Kelly will follow the Lynch line of it was all Forbes. It was all her idea. We were strung along. No free will of our own
He wasn't hinting at anyone specific - it's a well used political tactic to ask fishing questions like that. It makes him look investigative without having to have anything to back it up. If nothing comes of it, he was only asking questions, what harm? If something does, he gets the credit for getting lucky. In this case, it came back to bit him square in the arse.
It would be like me asking "what other RTE stars is Dooley protecting from wrongdoing?". I don't need for there to be any truth in it for me to look like I'm asking the probing questions that could uncover some treasure. I'd just want to be sure that if there is someone else, they're not connected to me.
Pure absurd!!!!
So RTE an go out and buy new motors for everyone in the ‘talent’ ?
Nothing illegal done.
Shows what a poor grasp your post has with what’s going on out there when you seem to imply that as long as it’s not “illegal” it’s carry on as you are.
Very strange indeed…..
I think as more comes out it's becoming clear that Ryan didn't do much wrong. Accepting a pay offer isn't wrong. Not his fault RTE cooked the books. People seem to realise that and the polls reflect it with most people not blaming Ryan.
Don't think the same can be said for Marty. Very dodgy dealing. Potentially illegal fraudulent behaviour. That's where the focus on all this needs to be. Where has there been law breaking and impropriety.
I’m trying to give him the benefit of the doubt until we find out the truth 😉
I wonder if the Government is becoming a lot more concerned that this story is still going into into its third week. It was fine when it was just about a departed Dee Forbes and a partially departed Ryan Tubridy and I suspect they were enjoying the spotlight falling on someone else for a change.
However, there is real damage being done to RTE now and I suspect the licence fee and advertising revenue as going to take a big hit this year which will cause the Government no end of problems. And this is before the Committee hearings next week. RTE staff will be paralysed with all of the investigations going on around it for the next six months which is going to make it very hard for the new DG to implement his changes and clearly the floodgates are about to open on cars, etc.
I've heard quite a change in tone from Government ministers about how important RTE is etc and I wouldn't be surprised to see a concerted effort to call a truce once Ryan Tubridy has been in front of the committee next week. The last thing they'll want is a whole load of new issues coming out of that and I'd say they're not happy that the focus is moving onto Marty Morrissey and who got cars, flights, public speaking engagements etc while being paid by RTE.
I’m surprised Renault have any cars left for the public to buy what with all the loan cars they hand out.
I couldn’t get a courtesy car off Opel earlier this year when mine went in for a service. They didn’t have any left.
Forbes gave a letter to Tubridy guaranteeing, Mr 'we're all in this together' Tubridy, that he would not suffer a paycut. The same Forbes who told us they had all taken paycuts.
You couldn't script this. She then plays the mental health card to avoid answering for her actions. That is an affront to every decent person who is genuinely battling anxiety.
She and Tubridy are hypocrites of the highest order who deserve every amount bile coming their way.
The narrative has changed to flip flops and Marty’s car.
it’s pure absurd.
nothing illegal was done as can be deduced from the fact that Marty will present Ryan’s show.
Meanwhile Tubridy and NK delighted that the baying mob has moved onto Marty.
…..
As long as they remember it’s not really free, maybe?
The government makes the laws.
Basically the people of Ireland are paying for a station through their license fee and were been told it was not enough , it needs to be increased etc etc
Low and behold Ryan Turbidy & others are getting ridicolous sums of money they cant keep track of & the likes of Marty Morrissey taking a loan of a new renault car for 5 years and dropping it back this week. Russia TV would hardly be as corrupt as the crew in RTE!
RICH RTE FAT CATS LAUGH AT TAX PAYERS !!
If they go it makes it more difficult to get them in front of PAC?
They should go afterwards, or at least the ones who were involved in their barter shenanigans.
Suddenly reconstitution becomes rearrangement - sickening:
Incoming director general Kevin Bakhurst is set to “rearrange the front bench” in the station’s executive management, in the first act of what will be a long campaign to revive public trust in the organisation.
The poster made it up in his head.
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