Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Ban all agents, if you ban NK someone will take his place. No more contracting, you are either RTE staff or you move on.
But Morrissey doesn't appear to have done anything unethical. The loan of a car didn't cost RTE or the licence payer a cent.....I'm not entirely sure how this was even brought up at the committee hearing the other day - it had nothing to do with secret barter accounts or dodgy financial records.
You know as much about current affairs as you do boxing. Going by the way you score rounds you haven't a **** clue.
Can't help but laugh, bravo!
Give us a shout when that breaking news, breaks!
Never mind unethical, what he did was illegal. Its called tax evasion.
He MC'd an event "for free", and got paid for it to the tune of a free car for 5 years.
Hence he is now examining his tax affairs.
😂 I was only buzzing. It's the only forum I can remember you posting,
But seriously you need to get your scorecards in order. Some very iffy points awarded on your behalf
No I would prefer the RTE presenters got paid what is released and they pay tax like everyone else.
If he hasn't paid tax on the car then yes it does affect the tax payer
I did have a chuckle at your post, sincere chuckle...so well done.
Job done so 😂
The Ballad of Ryan Tubridy
‘In RTE one Wednesday morning
High upon the gallows tree
Ryan Tubridy gave his young life
For the cause of liberty
Just a lad of 50 summers
Yet there's no one can deny
As he walked with Noel Kelly that morning
He proudly held his head on high
Just before he faced the Pac Men
In his plush RTE holding cell
Matty McGrath tortured Tubridy
Just because he would not tell
The names of his brave comrades
About cars and stuff they wished to know
'Turn informer or we'll kill you!'
Ryan Tubridy answered, 'No!'
Another martyr for old Ireland
Another murder for the mob
Who won’t pay their tv licence
A proletariat who should shut their gob
Lads like Ryan are no cowards
From the foe they will not fly
Lads like Tubs will free Ireland
For her sake they'll live and die’
Maybe it has something to do with Marty apologising to everybody as he handed it back?...
“I have apologised to RTÉ, my managers and colleagues for any embarrassment or difficulty I have caused them because of this matter.
“I also apologise to any of our viewers and listeners who may feel let down by my actions.
“It was never my intention to let anyone down, least of all myself.”
Actual Tears and the mental health card
I guarantee you that
He used his name to get free use of a car for 6 years and RTE didn't know about it. That's worth 20k to him, unethical to me.
There are far too many red flags for anybody to confidently say it didn't cost RTE anything.
For example, not one person has even tried to answer the question of who has been paying fuel, maintenance, tax and insurance on the car for 5 years? A "free" car used for work purposes by an employee who travels all over the country, the running costs have to be substantial so who was paying for them?
Also, the committee hearings are not about barter accounts, they are about the management of RTE. Any dodgy practices are fair game for investigation.
Tbf, and I am not an RT supporter, it was up to Rte to impose the pay cut and they didn't. So while people may rightly claim he's overpaid, it's Rte that paid his current salary
Bit off topic but I like the look of that grass/plants around the RTÉ sign, anyone know what it is or where to get it?
How do you get private car insurance without your name on the log buke?
Are u serious? He knew exactly what he was doing and he has thrown multiple colleagues under the bus
As per Revenue legislation:
Third party payments, payments in kind and mutual debts
Payments in kind, e.g. goods or services bartered in exchange are also considered to be payments for supplies, valued at their open market prices.
It still seems a relatively minor issue. If this story had broken on its own without the Tubridy scandal, it would hardly even make the papers.
Sorry, but this has already been done to death on the thread and I've been through it too many times to go through it again.
The story literally would not have broken on its own, it only broke because a question was asked in committee as a result of the Tubridy grubby strokes.
But that doesn't change anything, either he was doing things right or he wasn't.
Who is next?
Bringing the legal team with them next week is not a good way to get back on side with the public, that is of course if he believes he has a career left in RTE...
Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly will be accompanied by their solicitors when they face questions from Oireachtas Media Committee.
One solicitor apiece will be seated behind their clients for the high-profile committee hearing next week.
Would there be grounds for a beatification - he sure did save millions of lives during the pandemic and without his intercession - many of our dear friends and neighbours and people you’d only know to see - would already have gone their their deserved heavenly reward.
Sorolla, I really don't get your contributions here. I must have a low IQ.
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I believe it was imported on a special freighter from the Pacific islands having been grown carefully there under the watch of the Nuru tribe deep in the jungle. DF and GOL alledgedly made personal visits on a quarterly basis via the RTE Learjet to oversee the progress.
It cost RTE 50 grand per square meter and is known for its mythical qualities of giving people the gift of the gab, an influencing aura and a quality known as "The Talent" to all who caress it.
How do you know he didn’t pay the relevant taxes?
Lots of serious allegations going on around here.
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