Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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And a Tom Cruise impression for NK.
I really hope they put you in charge of RTE and they can keep it in the family.
Lottie to anchor all radio shows.
Bonnie Ryan to host Prime Time.
Babette to do all news Bulletins.
Rex to do The Late Late Show.
Elliott to fill in every where.
We can also wheel out Susie and Crona Byrne when there on holidays.
Miriam's lot could do Fair City.
Money, Money, Money or Send in the clowns would be good
I'm all in favour of that😅
Tubs should sashay in performing one of his song and dance routines, he'd clear the building before he had to answer anything.
And a small family owned business is the same as a National broadcaster...naturally.
Tubridy on Tuesday
**** RTE might aswell just be called Noel Kelly and Associates.
"members of the Public Accounts Committee will get a "legal briefing" from the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser half an hour before they are due to meet with Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly next Tuesday"
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ryan-tubridy-and-noel-kelly-will-have-solicitors-when-they-face-oireachtas-questions-on-rte-pay-controversy/a1196963737.html
The Committee members have been briefed by lawyers, as per 'The Week in Politics'.
We could go full circle and have a session of Gogglebox filming people in pubs watching the PAC.
Marital status is now called civil status - so single, married, divorced, same sex relationship etc. It would be illegal for an employer to discriminate against a divorced person because the employer is religious etc.
It's not illegal to hire a family member, but organisations should advertise positions and hold competitive interviews, it would be illegal to employ person A because they're related to you when person B was demonstrably more qualified and experienced.
We all know that doesn't always happen in the real world, but RTE is reliant on state and licence fee funding and should be playing by the rules. They're not, and Lottie Ryan is proof of that.
He had those qualities in abundance 🤣🤣🤣
Why don't we all chip in with some RTE connections. I'll go first:
Philip Boucher Hayes (RTE Countrywide) is a nephew of Myles Dungan (RTE Rattlebag, Drive Time, Presenter etc.. retired)
Eileen Dunne (Newsreader, retired) daughter of Mick Dunne (RTE commentator, sports)
Ryan Tubridy (former LLS presenter) started paid employment in RTE aged 12 grandson of Todd Andrews ( chair of RTE Authority)
Lottie Ryan (2fm) daughter of Gerry Ryan (2fm)
Mike Ryan (various roles in RTE, engineer, DJ, continuity) brother of Gerry Ryan
Doireann Garrihy (2fm) god daughter of Ian Dempsey (formerly 2fm)
Paul Magee (RTE sport) son of Jimmy Magee (RTE Sport)
Miriam O'Callaghan (Prime time) ex wife of Tom McGurk
I'm not suggesting anything about the work of these people. I'm only pointing out familial relationships.
There could be a whole other thread about RTE personnel and their links with other, non RTE, influential people.
Why do the oireachtas not also bring in lawyers ?
our public representatives are a disgrace and a joke.
there are some good performer like Munster, Griffin, Carrigy but that’s it
No, I don't see something specific about it protecting who you are married to. But it still stops discrimination against you if you are married to someone in an organisation and that organisation has a policy of not hiring spouses of employees, i.e. they won't give you an interview because your spouse works in the organisation.
I'm open to correction but my reading of it is that you can't penalise someone for either being married or not being married, full stop. Therefore it would prevent a company from discriminating against someone whose spouse works in the same organisation. It's not specifically written to say you can't bar someone's spouse from applying for a job, but ultimately it would make such a decision illegal because the company would be banning someone because they are married.
I've already admitted I was wrong about the related part of my previous post.
Reeling in 2020 and 2021 they can put up the old rte test card for most of the show!
Like a match! Go on Marie Sherlock, jaysus Mattie would you get tighter on Tubridy he's causing havoc at the back😅 Ah ffs ref NK was a mile offside.
Put the civil service on the “talent” wages.
Marital status is protected. You cant not hire someone just because they are married.
But where are you seeing something specific about it protecting who you are married or related to?
Still nepotism. All companies are like that. But they want all the community to buy their products.
Put the 'talent' on Civil Service wages..ends all the crap.
The post I was replying to was where someone asked a question about staff being related rather than a conflict of interest situation.
If you are related to someone, e.g. someone's wife, then you can't be banned from a job under the legislation. That's clear, marital status is one of the protected categories.
Looking at the definition of Family Status, I was mistaken on its meaning so apologies for that.
Regarding rules around interview panels. It's very difficult to ensure a level playing field. I'm not talking about pulling strokes here and trying to influence the interview panel but it's quite easy for someone in an organisation to help coach their siblings/friends/relatives for an interview in that organisation. It might possibly give them some inside knowledge and therefore give them an advantage when going for the job. I freely admit that I've helped friends to prepare for an interview in the organisation that I'm a part of. And when I was going for my interview, I know I asked every friend I knew who worked there for as much information as possible.
Methinks he's talking about RTE
RTÉ is not a small, family owned medium sized business.
No bother with that at all. You're not funded by the taxpayer.
I work in a small family owned medium sized business.
Any time there is a vacancy we try to fill the post with a relative of an existing staff member.
Thats not what the act says to me. Do you have a case example?
It prohibits discrimination if you are married or have kids.
It doesnt say person X cannot be hired in a role due to conflicts of interest.
But all told easier to bring in proper rules around interview panels.
Ian Dempsey's father is Des. Retired senior official in Revenue. Don't ask me how I know lol..... Not sure if he is still with us or not. But ID's dad is not fifty million coats for sure.
I doubt there's any way to know if people got their jobs in RTE on their own merit or if they had a helping hand from a family member already there. It's a bit unfair to hint that all related people in RTE got there through shennanigans.
Another point. I now you are not saying that there should be a policy to stop relatives working in the same organisation but policies that ban spouses, siblings or relations from working in the same organisation are illegal under the Equal Status Acts.
The Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 (‘the Acts’) prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services, accommodation and education. They cover the nine grounds of gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.
Anyone know how many of the RTE staff are related? Would it be possible to find out? It seems that once you got in there and licked up to the bosses then you could get family members in and looked after. Disgraceful .
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