Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Was he every really in RTÉ from the age of 12? I am not sure if he was a regular reviewer of books on Scratch Saturday, I have a funny feeling that was one review about U2 books and that they rotated that item every week and it didn't involve Tubs.
Most of these people are from rich backgrounds, Tubs was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. We just don't understand their mentality.
Adrian Lynch has been a disaster from the beginning of all this. Why was there a need for him to become Deputy DG or for anyone to be Deputy DG?
When you zoom out and look at it, it's ridiculous. He goes into the committees, talks about untruths, places all the blame at RTE's door and then finishes up by saying he hopes to be back in short order. That would really tell you what a dysfunctional place it is. Tubridy believes none of this REALLY matters and once he's done his little performance for the nation last Tuesday, he'll be good to go and it's all aboard the gravy train once again.
To be honest, everyone involved here has given us a look behind the curtain at how things at the top of Irish society work. The RTE execs have nothing but contempt for the politicians. Tubs and Kelly were only there as a face saving operation and they too showed huge contempt for the process. It's been wall to wall finger pointing at anyone but themselves. And the politicians, with afew exeptions are just lining up to get their social media clips in the bag.
In some ways, it's too be expected. Do a quick google of Niamh Smyth, chair of media committee. Cute hoors investigating cute hoors. When you wonder why Adrien Lynch has a wry smirk whenever a TD is salivating with glee at tigering into him, this is probably what's in his mind.
I think your giving AL to much credit, he's a buffoon... or I am giving him too little credit.
I suppose he could be a buffoon who knows this is all a parlour game and at the end of the day everyone is going to get looked after and there will be zero accountability.
FFS! Will you stop with these ginormous copy & paste posts! Nobody needs them!
It would be interesting to watch her performance again.
Lockdown will only be for 2 weeks.
I could never get to grips with how Tubrity got elevated within the presenter ranks at RTE so quickly. It felt to me that just out of nowhere he got the 2FM breakfast show. Normally it would take some time for a new presenter to get a radio primetime slot for morning or afternoon drive. I always sensed some sort of favouritism existed within RTE's management.
Arrogant, grandiose and unable to provide meaningful input without resorting to insults. Not a good look.
The FF apple doesn't fall far from the money tree.
Yeah I don’t envy his role TBH- this isn’t a private company that can be packaged up into various neat bundles and sold off, keeping the income generating elements and getting rid of the so called crud like you often see- it’s a minefield of heavily unionised workers on one hand who have been badly treated apparently coupled with diva so called talent who are getting far more money than makes sense but are still required to bring in the bacon
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Alan Kelly asked for a list of jobs that were vacant at RTE over a number of years and whether the post was advertised or not. The point being there is a culture in RTE at managerial and exec level of giving jobs to insiders.
Tubridy to me is the ultimate insider. There's no doubt in my mind his various presenting roles could have been given to far more capable people. But through a combination of inertia and cronyism on the part of decisionmakers, he has climbed to the heady heights of top salaryman at the organisation, a position he is thoroughly undeserving of and one he would never achieve outside of RTE.
I am Italian.
The Covid forum is here if you want to exchange "hilarious" wisecracks. Don't sidetrack this thread.
At a guess, it's probably 95% RTE's fault and about 4% NK's fault and 1% RT's fault.
By some of the same people currently criticising RTE. This is why the PAC is a bit of a merry go around, all that changes are the side of the table people sit
He had vague Fianna Fail links. Fianna Fail had been the government of power for most of the history of the state. RTE is/was heavily dependent on state funding and/or the setting of the licence fee by the government as well as appointments and promotions to senior positions within RTE.
If you wanted RTE to succeed or to succeed in RTE you had to keep FF on side. There was no mystery to this, that's how Ireland operated up to about the year 2007 and Tubridy was already in the door by then.
The same could be argued for how the children, or son in law of a certain former FF Taoiseach benefitted.
From now on, given public money is at stake, all appointments to senior positions in RTE have to be signed off by an external body, with fitness to practice checks done, similar to how senior banking positions are filled. Nepotism and all that has to be rooted out once and for all. You could argue the same should apply for prominent presenting roles.
Todd Andrews is FF and close to the centre of it like his sons.
Todd Andrews was chair of the RTE Authority.
Todd Andrews is RT's grandfather.
They add something to the thread and I hope they continue.
Considering your only contribution has been a disturbing attempt to doxx another poster I don't think you have any place to criticise.
I never read long posts, ever. Especially not on a phone. Does anybody? I would much prefer to read a person's opinion on the subject, and for them to paste a link to the long post. Then if I'm interested enough I can go look.
A couple of his uncles were prominent FF politicians and ministers around the time he was starting out in RTE. That's always going to make you stand out above everyone else when it comes to progressing up the ladder.
Was there a reason given as to why RTE paid €847 (?) for RT's lift to Drogheda for a Renault LL gig?
Its a tremendous advantage in politics to have a FF member and family connection in RTE.
RT access to a microphone and the minds of millions.
You'd be mad not to shoe horn RT in there to look after your "message".
Who's KB??
This is what people like Lottie and Ryan are told from an early age.
"Stick with us kids, and we'll make yez STARS!"
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I think it was actually for the girl from NK Management. That came up really early on about the chauffeur driven car. Niamh
What I find remarkable is that in relation to Tubridy anyway, this type of behaviour/culture continued to exist right up to the publication of recent events. Apparently it has become knowledge that no other competitors of RTE were headhunting Tubridy, yet he was commanding the highest salary for a presenter within RTE. Does this really come down to what Tubridy could generate in terms of advertising revenue? Why was there no willingness on behalf of RTE to let him walk? They are still pussyfooting around his position with RTE. He is either an employee or a contractor, if he is a contractor but no longer under contract, what legal rights does he have to challenge RTE if they were to dispense with his services?
Basically, what can he sue RTE for? What are the chances of him being successful?
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