Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Well if he has done nothing wrong, two questions need to be answered.
Why did he give back the car?
Why is he looking into his tax affairs?
This country is full of that craic. I've worked in banks and Big 4 Gooch, Darran O'Sullivan, Cian O Sullivan, Dan Flynn amongst other. Given jobs and they do absolutely **** all. Spent half the day on photoshoots.
Bernard Brogan before he set up his own thing (successful tbf) worked in the IFSC and was allowed take off whenever he wanted just because he played for the Dubs to work on whatever side gig he wanted.
Managers all think they are great fellas because the play intercounty.
We have appalling Governance standards in this country and you will usually find where there is appalling Governance there is some gombeen man running the show.
Optics, of course… the world is a lot different today. People tripping over themselves to be contrite, just in case they might need to be contrite.
Because he had the car for years and only returned it once the proverbial poo was hitting the fan at RTE. Coincidence maybe, but most times if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's a duck.
Exactly - the only reason he's appearing is to try to save his job and €300k per year salary or whatever it is for radio. He knows financially he's ruined and will never work again if he doesn't come clean, apologize and re-win public sentiment.
I expect Ryan to be fully vindicated. He is a genuine and kind person in words and in actions. He's been a loyal servant to RTE and didn't deserve to be thrown under the bus
I expect next week play out this way...
RT expresses apologies, regret, promises to do gooder in future. He will blame RTE and his agent. They will have coached him on every possible question, and how to respond, in advance. They will make it look like he didn't know all the details.
The thread seem to have a few RTE people on here. Coordinated attempts to have the thread closed last week and posters banned. A huge amount of posters who are now posting the same post to make it seem there's more sympathy for RTE, Tubridy than their is in reality. This legally nothing wrong is their closure statement.
I do wonder who we have among us or who is acting for who. The PR game is alive and well here for apologists of lies and greed.
Why does giving back the car have folks thinking something “wrong” had to have occurred?
Only a statement’ of fact.
Poster was under the impression that this judge’s statement somehow changes the consequences for not paying your TV licence.
He still fined everyone.
Its called tax evasion. It's a good assumption that is what Marty was up to.
He was hired by Renault to MC at events. Instead of wages/invoices etc he was "loaned" a car for free which by the looks of it he didn't declare to revenue.. He didn't declare because he would have to pay tax.
The value of car is 30k+ if he just got one car and drove for 5 years which is very doubtful. So he received at least 30k "under the table" as payment for the Renault event.
Renault are not responsible for Marty tax. That is his own responsibility especially when he is only working for them part time.
Marty was also aware of his responsibility as he had a car previously as a brand ambassador from BMW.
By the way if he done the event free and didn't get a free car then no problem. If he got the car and declared it no problem. If he done the events and got paid and declared it, no problem. He took the sneaky route so he didn't have to pay that pesky tax everyone else has to.
RTE news : 'Disgusted' Dublin judge slams 'freeloaders' within RTÉ
Fair play to this Judge.....
Do the NKM/Tubridy acolytes still think this is a "nothing burger"?
Ask Marty why he gave back the car if he did nothing wrong
That was after "strong pushback" from RT and NK to taking a paycut. Every other top earner took that cut, including other clients of NK. It would not have been tenable for it to be publicly known that RT was the only one to refuse a pay cut. Forbes, Tubridy and Kelly would certainly have known this. So it would not be credible to suggest that NK and RT were not aware that those payments were going to be hidden and why they were going to be hidden.
Some thoughts from Gavan Reilly:
It strikes me that RTÉ is still in very volatile territory over the underdeclared payments to Ryan Tubridy from 2017–19 - an aspect of the whole controversy which has been largely overlooked given the later focus on barter accounts and the nuances (or otherwise) of RTE’s spending.
Having Tubridy and Noel Kelly attend two Oireachtas committees next Tuesday *could* be the final ‘bad news drop’ that ends the drip feed - not the recriminations, mind, but at least mark the bottom of the downswing. You can’t rebuild until you know where the foundation is.
But what if Grant Thornton’s report comes later and raises more unanswered issues? What if - hypothetically - there’s new info about playing hardball on the previous contract, or the unexplained €120k had a basis in some other undisclosed commercial involvement with a third party? What if, what if, what if…?
In the long-term best case scenario for all concerned, Tubridy and Noel Kelly offer an unvarnished explanation of the full seven years’ business - and not leave anything behind which is when only revealed by the eventual Grant Thornton report whenever that is (not too far away, by all accounts).
If there’s anything left behind, and it takes a subsequent Grant Thornton report to get to its root, what then? A second hauling in for Tubridy and Kelly? RTE’s top brass back into the PAC to contradict the testimony of the station’s pposter boy? More license fees not renewed? More sponsors dithering about attachment to a medium with a huge footprint and a tarnished name?
In his hurry to return the car.
'Whatever I said whatever I did I didn't mean it I just want a car for good'.
I'm sure it must have been mentioned before in this thread but;
Did you know about Hill 16 says Savonorola as if it was some type of classified information know to a privileged few🤣🤣🤣
I really enjoyed that post.
I've been reading the thread up until yesterday, but getting alerts on my phone today and it's all bullshit being pedaled now, thrown under the bus, witch hunt, over the top and what ever else. **** scumbags trying to downplay everything.
It's clear as day there was fuckery and pure theft of public money going on between the higher ups and there's no way this should be brushed under the carpet. If anything it should be the start of setting a new standard for every state, half state and part state run company.
Unreal what they're at now.
Literal thieving bastards.
thank you, kind sir
What a bitter little post. Sad.
Just wondering had that Judge the power to dismiss all the cases before him today ? As you say it's only one Judge, we need all of them that have cases before them to speak up.
Dee Forbes letter stating that he wouldn't receive a pay cut would seem to contradict your statement above. The below letter states Tubs wouldn't be asked to take a pay cut between 2020 and 2025. The problem is that there is a difference in what RTE said and what RTE did.
Still. Unless RTE gets its act together soon (massive reforms) the TV licence will be dead due to mass non payments. It now seems like there may be many stars who have issues with payments benefits etc. will anyone be left untainted? It appears to be a systemic problem and possibly unfair to target an individual.
I have never heard of this fund before.
I've also watched youtube videos that explore Irish Culture etc. Interesting to note that no such fund was required for that content.
I guess RTÉ is the mouthpiece of the government. A tool to be used by the politicians, and they won't relinquish it.
T'was Marty that knocked him down in the Renault.
I promise to pay 3 quid a week judge
no problem next case
Your children's children stolen from Crateros in Alexander 2004 at 3:05 🤣🤣🤣
I knew you would pop up and say that. Can you tell me what political and current affairs satire you find funny?
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