Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Sean Kelly, MEP, has gone down in my estimation a lot. For an elected representative to show such blatant disregard for financial and taxation ethics and laws.
Mattie McGrath will run rings around Tubridy, Kelly and those solicitors.......
It’s as farcical as putting Marty Morrissey on air for Tubridy.
They really don’t get it, which would be bad enough in “normal times”. To do this in the midst of the current storm shows just how aloof and out of touch they are.
First principle of journalism: objectivity
RTE is broken completely
Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love, in love with someone
You shouldn't have fallen in love with?
RT and NK need translators as much as lawyers for Mattie and Fitz.
'Objection your Honor, Mr. McGrath is leading the witness around the room avoiding the dresser'.
Indeed. More photoshopping required.
I wonder how it will work with the lawyers, will they interject to whoever is asking question out of bounds or stop a discussion mid-flight..
that could equally backfire from an optics point of view in terms of RTs damage control of his persona but given some of the thick politician showboaters getting their 10mins of fame, they could go into overdrive knowing the attention this will have and fcuk it up.
wonder what's lurking for the Sunday papers tomorrow..we had Doireann one ( so far) today.
Rte, the gift that just keeps on giving.
Tubs is such a talent he doesn’t need rte after all
It’s all far too patronising to be allowed back on rte 😂
The only “fools” will be Tubs and his agent. Imagine not sure which lies they want to tell so they bring legal council with them
But their piles are piles of money. Not haemorrhoids
Poor Ryan. He brought it on himself. He is taking a lawyer in order not to trip himself up and make a further fool of himself.
He’s not suspended , he can’t be on air because he is the news
Ciara Doherty has left Noel Kelly according to the Irish Independent.
Mother of God........
How NK got her this gig I'll never know. "undisclosed fee" 🙄
Tuesdays events no matter how we approached it what context he gives or what he does won't save him because people have already made up their minds rightly or is argue wrongly. So he has the right approach take a lawyer, be prepared and don't take any guff from the array of fools lining up to qn you.
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.
And RTE is an organ of state afterall thats how they closed down the whole country by scaring the bejaysus out of everyone during Covid and RT was the chief scaremongerer. Thats how Putin uses the state broadcaster to spread false propaganda about the Ukraine invasion. By the way Im not saying they are equivalent or anything but state broadcasters even now are used by governments to get their message out there. Thats why we have seen down through the years in coup d'etat attempts the first target is always to take over the national TV station.
Although the curve ball in all this are the dail commitees who are mostly unsympathetic to RTE and are outside the tent anyway as they probably see themselves sidelined by RTE . Therefore the dail commitees are much more hard hitting than the likes of Catherine Martin who is a joke, its like she is going to a coffee morning with the girls when meeting RTE
This is essentially it how ever I am still not one hundred percent clear on the invoices or the invoicing question.
Was Kelly complicit with Forbes in that his organisation issued false invoices for the fees? Are there any legal questions around this behaviour in general? Again it is likely the blame, legal or otherwise, lies with RTE but would need to tease out the details of these invoices.
Tubridy, on the face of it, isnt in legal trouble but from a moral and ethical perspective he surely can never work for RTE again.
I’m not trying to argue with you, just pointing out O’Leary brought up Chicago.
Did Imelda Munster not throw a few digs at her earlier on when she asked if she had a glass of wine on the taxpayer etc?
I know GOL said later that she paid her own way etc but there was plenty of shade thrown at her before that.
The committees would want to thread very carefully with Tubridy and Kelly for the reasons I’ve said above. They’re starting to get quite loose and, like we discovered with Kearns, parliamentary privilege doesn’t mean absolute privilege.
O’Leary brought Chicago up, not the panel
Just because someone does not break the law does not always make what they do morally right or ethical . He lied and was two faced. While such actions are not illegal, most people do not find this behaviour acceptable.
Turbridy maybe not be convicted in a court of law of wrongdoing, but in the court of public opinion he has been seen to do wrong. The lawyering up only adds to that perception. His career with RTE is most likely over, Tuesday's events won't save him.
Is that not a bit sexist, you wouldn't say that about Miriam O Callaghan or the great geraldine o leary
Media companies don’t really care too much for “talent.” They crave name recognition. So RT, who I rate as quite a poor broadcaster, brings in huge name recognition in Ireland.
The committee Chsir needs to have a meeting with these 2 idiots. Ask them to have their office type out the questions they want to ask next week and submit them to the Chair. In the unlikely event of those questions being sensible Brendan Griffin can ask them. The 2 lads can watch from the gallery
An embarrassment they are
Tubs sat in RTE for years on huge pay because nobody else would pay for him. Like a lot of the "talent" in RTE if they got pushed out the door tomorrow morning they would be sitting at home "scratching their holes" to coin a phrase.
RTE is awash with people like Tubs, Lottie, Doireann etc...all of whom have limited talent and got to their jobs because they are related to someone
If they are so talented then good on them, let RTE cut them free and they will be snapped up tomorrow morning by all these other high paying companies that want them, so it doesn't matter if I am wrong
The people coming on this thread saying Tubs etc deserved the wage etc, why are you so scared of him been cut free from RTE? sure he will be walking into all these jobs that you keep saying he can get!!!
At this stage if RTE said to vote for party X then everyone will vote for party Y. RTE credibility as a national broadcaster is gone.
So the political parties would be better now to pull them to pieces as it will give them a bump for the next election
Oh no. A lot of wealthy people and hard workers are really decent people. It's how you earn your money, not through deception, and how you treat others.
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