RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Verona Murphy making a total arse of herself here.

It’s “completely obvious”, says Adrian Lynch, that Noel Kelly knew when issuing invoices for years 2 and 3 that Renault had pulled out and he was asking RTÉ to issue the payment in their place.

Kelly insisted on Tuesday that he and Tubridy believed the Renault deal still held.

The Grant Thornton report found evidence of a conference call between RTÉ and NKM, in March 2022, to discuss overdue payments to [Tubridy] for €75,000” for years 2 and 3.

In that light it is hard to credit that Kelly still believed the Renault deal held up.

Adrian Lynch says RTE has records of a Teams call between Forbes, Kelly, and nobody else

Noel Kelly said on Tuesday he has never had a solo meeting with her

Missed the start but gather that RTE turned up this morning with details of emails they've never mentioned previously and stating that other information is being withheld over concerns of legal privilege? Is that right, after 3+ weeks??

Shes awful...shes confused herself

Verona Murphy doing an awful job here. I can barely even follow what point she's trying to make, and not giving them enough of a chance to answer a question that she can then follow up on or clarify. She ran down her own clock.

Bakhurst & Lynch getting lambasted. Now the quiet man with hopefully some incisions into this house of cards that is RTE.

Untruths and Mistruths maybe but no lies surely

Bakhurst says he wants the best talent at the best price... there's the door for Mr.Tubridy as he fails on both counts.

And bye, bye Noel Kelly. Make your dosh elsewhere.

Surely it was O'Learys PA, I thought that had been clarified in previous hearings?

I can't imagine a qualified accountant is working as a PA in sales.

Alan Kelly is great at this to be fair. Nails them very early on.

It is horribly confusing and there is no doubt that there are missing links. Forbes and O'Keefe and Jennings should be here.

Iirc, when the FAI were dragged in front of the committee, one of the Healy Raes started off his turn with a long-winded speech praising the work John Delaney did for junior football in Ireland before asking him a question that was hardly more challenging than 'What's your name?'

Certain types will see this as their fifteen minutes of fame and make it about themselves as much as possible.