Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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And yet we have political correspondents telling us that Stanley and his crew are a shoe in to form the next government! Not a chance. We have a SF TD in tipp who's only claim to fame before, or since, the last election was organising darts tournaments. Another beauty got elected even though she reckoned her chances were so slim that she went off on holiday instead of canvassing. On top of that Mary Lou is Mia.
He has thrown them right under the bus and sat there as his agent reversed it back for another go
A great description.
I didn't get to watch very much but from what I saw, they were well rattled, visibly so.
And yes, I think Tubridy is that deluded. He has lived all his working life in the parallel universe that is RTE. He thinks he can swan back in there one of the days ho ho ho-ing with his (most likely underpaid) colleagues - the researchers and other people who do the real work.
Of course he doesn't think he'll work for RTE again.
But admitting that implies - rightly or wrongly - that he acknowledges he shouldn't be allowed to.
Him implying that he believes he'll work for RTE again is just another "I've done nothing wrong" attestation.
Would someone ask "Mr Turbidy if you agreed to take a paycut why did you sign a contract with RTE that contractually guaranteed you the additional €75k even if the commercial sponsor pulled out?"
Did Boards ever figure out a way to show the Most Thanked posts of the day?
That was a handy feature on the old site and would have been great on a day like today.
Saying that you were just following RTE instructions, that's "the Nuremberg defence" - that was a great line.
The only things that really stuck on NK were sending invoices to (foreign) companies he'd never heard of, without questioning them. And not signing such an important document.
Not a whole lot stuck on Tubs, I thought.
a fudge and a flake
When NK was talking about the team I was half expecting him to say that RT took one for the team 😉
From the oscar bait opening statement to the "Just taking orders" defence, that was a shitshow for the two stooges.
One thing I can't understand is how Tubridy thinks he is ever going to work for RTE again? He has thrown them right under the bus and sat there as his agent reversed it back for another go, he can't possibly believe that he can just swan back in there and pretend none of this ever happened?
Is he really that deluded?
Yes . It boils down to his later statements that it was " unbelievable " and " who runs RTE . "
NK could have asked for double that, is the implication, and a cheque would have been written .
The invoices and contracts were just window dressing and an afterthought , is what I got from that.
Stanley speaks like an ordinary person and thinks like an ordinary person but nothing wrong with that whole exchange imo , as an ordinary person :)
Is that Dee on the back? 😂
I think Ryan just saved his career at RTE today
Ryan has cleaned himself of allot of the mud that RTE flung at him,through no fault of his own. RTE look worse now
Ryan will be back on a "new" RTE for the Autumn schedule. That is pretty much a guarantee
RTE will have a new DG, new CFO, new financial controls, new board, new cultural changes at RTE. They will want to keep their most well known stars
RTE needs Ryan more than Ryan needs RTe
The the absolute self-importance entitlement oozing off Ryan Tubriby for that whole thing the facade really came off him today.
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Yeah I think Tubridy must have forgotten the camera was on him when they were grilling Kelly. It was comical looking at him squirming and knowing the game is up.
I'm sure himself and Noel Kelly feel that that they have enough of a hold on RTE to get him back on air but I'd bet the other presenters represented by Noel Kelly will leave him before they even think about leaving RTE.
That was a complete and utter cluster **** from Ryan Tubridy. A solidly insincere and untrustworthy person. A second hand car salesman has more charisma.
Shocking.
3pm in CR4. 🙂
€75,000 fee ????
NK should get Cadbury's to release a limited edition chocalate bar to commemorate today's meeting.
Stanley should be removed as chair.
"The chairperson is responsible for chairing committee meetings and making decisions (rulings) on procedural issues. The chairperson must act in an impartial manner. For that reason, if a chairperson wishes to express a view favouring one side of a discussion, he/she should vacate the chair and become an ordinary member of the committee for the duration of that debate."
Should have gone through the list of Top 10 and ask him whether they were current or previous clients he had.
What time are we back at?
Room 4 at 3PM (on the Oireachtas TV site) for the next session folks
Tubs actually seems like a useful idiot to Kelly and his demeanor casts him as not the sharpest at all.
How did this talentless individual make it. His interviewing style has always been rigid and he struggles with anything off the cuff.
Stanley built him up - distracted him. And then destroyed him with the nature of the contract and how unbelievable he is in terms of running his business. Killed him.
"There was nothing to stop it coming in an envelope and signing it… but you didn't… that deal is not credible, the way it's framed."
Well, yes it is. He was trying to establish what influence NK has over RTE.
"I'm sure there's more pressing issues going on in the world" - showing your contempt there, Toyman.
Yes.
What do people think they will ask? Bear in mind they don't have a financial remit....
What we're you selling in Cadburys??
Mother of the Devine.
If they got the proper answer from Kelly who he represents from RTE it would show what level 'bargaining power' he has over RTE.
But it seemed to me (in a rare moment of clear honesty) that Kelly honestly did not know the final figure - which in itself spoke volumes.
Did John McGuinness not used to chair these
he had teeth
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