Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Maybe they just think this Marty angle is a crock a ****. They wouldn't be alone, and I am sure plenty non-GAA heads (me being one) could agree with them. Anyway, the baying for his blood here when not all the facts have been established just shows how toxic this thread has become.
I think the reason people may not want Tubridy back is simply because he’s spent the last few years of lockdown lecturing the fck out of anyone who would listen to him while raking in tons of money whilst others suffered job losses etc
But like, how fcking asleep have people being??? We’ve known about his inflated salary for years- I personally can’t stand the guy and have many times slated him in the weekly boards LLS discussion threads in the TV forum- if people are only waking up to the true Tubridy now, and responding, well where were you for the last 10 years?
What makes you think that?
Nah, he would have had to torch the car if there were bodies.
He will not say anything to implicate he knew about it, I’m sure he has spent the last few weeks getting prep on all the questions he will be asked and have answers for them, truthful or not
We need a state broadcaster and I am sure plenty of people are happy to pay a license fee to fund such an entity. News, current affairs, national events etc. TV, Radio, Online. What we don’t need is a commercial station funded by public money. Such an entity ought to sink or swim based on ubiquitous subscription models, advertising revenue etc. They can happily pay out the bones of half a million to presenters since this “talent” will be what motivates people to sign up and nobody would give a damn because high earners would clearly be deserving of such remuneration i.e. if you’re good at something, don’t do it for free. It’s coming to the point where enough is enough and a bifurcation of RTE as it is will happen. RTIE will be the new state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Idirlíon Éireann. The commercial side can be sold to the hightest bidder, the productions and programmes all for sale. So if you really want to see The Late, Late Show, Home of the Year or *shudder* Dancing with the Stars then you can. Just not on RTIE.
Truth hurts.
Can I ask ye, why do you not think he’ll be open and honest? I would have thought he would be and a hell of a lot more honest than any of the board members would be? It’s his career after all- if he doesn’t perform well, he’ll suffer.
I'm a GAA man but you're dead right.
The amount of jobs for the boys on County Boards and training and development squads. All sorts of under the table stuff.
I've not seen or heard of anyone baying for his blood. I have however seen and heard taxpayers and more importantly those who pay the licence fee not wanting RT to return to the airwaves. He is as culpable as all those who were face down ass up in the trough of other peoples money. He could have come clean as he admits but alas he drifted into the weeds where he remains. He may come clean next week with his mouthpiece NK riding shotgun. I doubt it. RT has no-one but himself to blame for the trouble he's in. He's an adult. He can if he wishes apologise and maybe salvage some personal dignity but professionally his brand is dead.
Is hiding a body a legal requirement of use of a company vehicle?
What ridiculous nonsense.
Joe Brolly and Sean Kelly MEP supporting Marty. The GAA looking out for their own. What corruption exists in that organisation one would wonder.
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
George Orwell, Animal Farm
Marty had a car given to him for 5 years that nobody knew about so its very reasonable to suspect he also wasn't paying any BIK tax for those 5 years.
It’s just as reasonable to suspect that he was as using it to hide bodies, right? If we’re just gonna make stuff up and say it’s “reasonable to suspect” it happened?
I think it was Real Dan Breen poster said he's off coverage of Limerick v Galway. Thank Christ. I often turn him down. Recently he started spouting about the hurling gaa gene during a match. He's full of sh*te.
Marty had a car given to him for 5 years that nobody knew about so its very reasonable to suspect he also wasn't paying any BIK tax for those 5 years. Tubridy may not have committed a legal crime but its very obvious now he knew he hadnt taken a pay cut thanks to dee forbes emails yet he publicly pontificated how great he was for taking a pay cut, so he is absolutely guilty of a moral and ethical crime in the eyes of the public. Also as his pay was indeed being topped up secretly theres a high chance he may have questions to answer from revenue regarding tax evasion which is illegal.
Who said his whole career is hanging on this, which such peaks as below Im sure the irish people will love to have him back
While in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, his colourful commentary on the women's beach volleyball drew attention of journalist Pat Stacey as he "gurgled and burbled away over close-up shots of shapely bums in tiny bikini bottoms"
Yes this reputation will be in tatters. He is just another greedy RTE employee.
Nope. Haven’t been to church in years, other than weddings/funerals/baptisms..
I would like him to be honest and answer questions, because I suspect if he were honest then his answers would contradict things said previously by the board, or would highlight other areas that perhaps should be investigated further.
Unfortunately I do not for one second believe he will go there with an intent to be open and honest. Hopefully though at least one member of the PAC will be able to ask good questions that he cannot evade.
Do you still pay the church offerings? 😉
When various charities were shown to be mis-appropriating funds people no longer donated to them. Why would you pay for perks for RTE staff with your licence fee. The organisation has been proven to be very dodgy.
The one thing some people here seemingly can’t get their heads around is ‘There is no such thing as a free lunch’.
Ignoring is for the meek
Tax evasion is a crime, by the looks of it Marty was at that
And all very publicly advertised in the public domain.
A quick Google by a couple of Revenue agents should unearth quite an amount of these "ambassador" arrangements.
And it is justifiable. Very much so.
I'm sure when you pay €170 for something you expect what you paid for in return. If you bought a new strimmers would you accept 15 cans of paint?
Like I said. They’ll justify it.
Why should they? It's not being used as it should. Why should 37 people pay for flip flops?
The “I’m not paying my tv licence” brigade have morals and justification on their side. Or maybe their standards aren’t as high as they’d like to project.
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