Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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O’Leary brought Chicago up, not the panel
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.
I’m not trying to argue with you, just pointing out O’Leary brought up Chicago.
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'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
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.
Mother of God........
How NK got her this gig I'll never know. "undisclosed fee" 🙄
Ciara Doherty has left Noel Kelly according to the Irish Independent.
He’s not suspended , he can’t be on air because he is the news
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.
But their piles are piles of money. Not haemorrhoids
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
It’s all far too patronising to be allowed back on rte 😂
Tubs is such a talent he doesn’t need rte after all
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.
Indeed. More photoshopping required.
'Objection your Honor, Mr. McGrath is leading the witness around the room avoiding the dresser'.
RT and NK need translators as much as lawyers for Mattie and Fitz.
Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love, in love with someone
You shouldn't have fallen in love with?
First principle of journalism: objectivity
RTE is broken completely
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.
Mattie McGrath will run rings around Tubridy, Kelly and those solicitors.......
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.
He doesn't ask any hard questions and licks up to the establishment. He rarely has any research and accepts what people ssy dodgy health comments from people with no qualifications. An ex councillor playing agony aunt too
Going by your username I can deduce you are a cuddly bear of a man and the only way 8 can be used to describe you would be the fact that you ate too much.
This really is taking the p*ss. RTE's interpretation of "balanced" reporting is one man and one woman
Not that I think "balanced" is right - impartiality is better, and they can't be deemed to be impartial
A sack of potatoes... A sack of potatoes...
I still can't get over that.
Good move on her part. She wants to be seen as impartial.
People laugh at Mattie and his accent and while he is a clever man his diction is difficult to understand.
why don’t we substitute Mattie with Mr Lowrie (also from Tipperary) as it is easier to understand him.
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