Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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I'm not sure but they said 41% over the years.
RTE Nine o clock news reporter thinks today’s show was a draw
hanging in the balance
Do your homework . Read the thread !
I said that hours ago !
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Tubs deference, although part of the defence, to NK was so bizarre to watch. Like a pre teenage child and their dad.
I have no idea who Amanda Brunker is heard the name before but that’s about it.
As RT reminded us a good few times today. Thought that a bit rich, excuse the pun.
I'll get my head shot off for this but to paraphrase Tubs, he's paid to present and Noel is paid to negotiate the business end of things. So it's understandable that Noel would know a lot more about the business side of things. I'm not saying Tubs was clueless by any means, just that the business end of things is more Noel's area of ..........ahem........expertise.
One massive failing today and other days is visual communication.
They have a massive screen in all those rooms.
Visually explain the story of movement of monies and invoices - its a thousand words.
Show the documents you talk about etc.
Massive piece of the communication missing visually thus causing this confusion and "Kents' Fog".
One of those B list celebs / influencer people .
Amanda had 2 things goin for her.
Personality and determination
Ryan "15 times" Tubsidy is finished.
Would they have put down anything not related to the services they provide though? And would they issue an invoice to an entirely different company that was UK based?
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1991 must have been a weak year for Miss Ireland entrants.
I think Tubridy has an eye to either returning to RTE or bolstering the inevitable legal case against RTE if he doesn't. In that respect, I think today worked well for him. The entire shambles began and ended in RTE - yes he could have done more in between had he chosen too but he was under no obligation to do so. I think the email from the previous CFO stands to him and puts RTE on the defensive as well as the fact that he went in today for six hours while Dee Forbes has not.
I think he made a good point that will resonate as to how unprepared RTE was for this story breaking and the fact that he only got 30 minutes notice before the story broke. The Board - and presumably some of the Executive - knew this Grant Thornton review was going on and they must have known more or less what the report would indicate. I still don't understand why they had not prepared for this. The fact that basic information wasn't given on Day 1 is what caused a lot of the s**tstorm that followed.
Again with an eye to a potential court case, Ryan Tubridy can point to fact that RTE got its numbers wrong initially when his salary details were published and then went and got its restated numbers about the 150k wrong as well. The fact that this only seems to be being corrected after nearly three weeks is negligent on RTE's part and made worse by the damage done to his reputation as a result.
Ha, Ha touche. sorry haven't read all posts today.
I really don’t think the boys and girls there today were happy with the answers. And by default, if they aren’t happy, then the new director general of RTÉ won’t be happy. And for that reason, I don’t think Ryan will be back on in the short term (next few years).
Richard Boyd Barrett clearly outlined in fairness to him, where many of his colleagues didn’t elements of the negotiated contract that essentially negated the so called reductions in Ryan’s salary. It was a very good and clear question and the part of the answer before the recording cut out was quite evasive .
Out of all the politicians he was actually one of the clearest speakers- unfortunately the recording ended as he was asking follow up questions so don’t know how it ended.
I think it would be a shame if RT wasn’t allowed back- keeping him away from RTÉ won’t really solve the major issues there- I don’t think RT has deserved the much of the flak he’s got, but he does have to take responsibility that whether he believed it or not, his claim of a reduction in salary over the last number of years is very hard to take seriously.
So NK didn't handle Amanda's assets properly🤭
He admitted that he would sometimes put down stuff not related to the services he provided if asked to do so by the client. He would be asked to do this by the client so that the client could dictate what pot of money the payment comes out of.
I didn't ask him about invoicing a different company in the UK but I'd assume he never did that.
You probably will get your head shot off.....by some frustrated nomark on social media who's angry with the world and particularly angry at anyone who's made good in life!
Be gas if Tubs had got a job with BBC Ulster covering 12th night and bonfires. His grandfather would turn in his grave!
Tubs will be back on the radio by September if he wants to. Will probably augment that with some TV work as well. He brings in multiples of his salary in advertising.
Irreplacable tbh. Anyone who has any idea at all of how media works knows this. Wanting it not to be the case doesn’t mean it will happen. And that’s riling up some of you more than it should.
A lot of grandstanding from the oireachtas, every one of them likely throwing stones from a glass house.
Today was an incredible watch - outside of what the two meetings should have been about eg
(1) the 5 min introduction from both stretched away beyond that
(2) they were treated very, very differently - and in their favour - compared to others brought before these committees. Was it because RT is the darling of some of the nation or because of Our sense of who HE Is and his connections or maybe his personality demanded it.
(3) Kelly’s solicitor being constantly consulted - mainly by kelly
(4) the waffling / long winded answers by both and answers that at times had nothing to do withthe questions asked
(5) RT constantly referring to all the support he has got re letters of support he received, all the money he raised , Po and what was done with that money - if ever one was looking for a time wasting strategy one need to go no further
(6) trying to deflect/ set the agenda by encouraging the members to ask him questions on certain issues or would life to comment on certain issues / statements made
I COULD GO ON AND ON
i hope that the members were not hoodwinked by the above behaviour and saw through it
Some of the politicians you would have to wonder: Politician asks Noel Kelly What were you selling for Cadbury's?
Wake me when Tubs is facing a firing squad.
The constant shuffling of paper documents was infantile. Organise yourself man.
He's only 5ft 6 so probably not able to carry the weight.
With 3 listeners...all Boardsies 😂
Zero chance.
Todays hearings just really highlights how cushy a number Tubridy is on with his shìtty little 45 minute radio show some mornings....
No matter how many "lies" RTE are telling about Tubridy.....he still wants to work for them, he is desperate to cling on to the gravy train......Bisto tubridy!
Today was an absolute farce....incredibly delusional stuff...the nauseating talk about his "relationship" with the children of Ireland.....
I think Kevin Bakhurst knows now Tubridy has to go....it is simply not credible that they didnt know the extra €150k came from RTE.......that is what will sink him....
The stench of Tubridy is so toxic that Bakhurst simply has no choice but to rid RTE of him....what value is Tubridy to the organisation now......why keep him around just to do that god awful radio show?
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