Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Thanks for the confirmation. Could you find out who's behind the RnaG adverts, RTÉ have been running them with the Government of Ireland logo on them.
I have 2 issues about this: -
Ah jaysis…..
I’ll see what I can do but genuinely up the walls this week….as evidenced by my lack of posting compared to usual standards.
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Only if you think of it, if not no worries. Thanks for you help always good info on this stuff.
seriously...?tubs being 'forgiven'...?and all the other things going on in rte and its seemingly back to business as usual...? ffs what a crock of shite...
Tubs has been earning 350k for about the last 10 years, thats 3.5M, plus the 345k over-payment. It's unlikely I'll earn anything like that in my entire lifetime. Shouldn't Tubs just retire and go write his memoirs? Obviously, he is both an egotist and a narcissist and feels the need for the attention of being on the air but this is not the kind of attention he craves. Presumeably he has a decent sized nest egg. If it was me, I'd be doing a Luke Skywalker and retiring to an Island off the coast of Ireland where I would meet no-one who hates me.
The same women use online dating in American prisons
Delicious and intriguing in equal measure
I'm not sure you understand what an overpayment is.
If Tubridy got paid more than his contract stated, then that would be an overpayment. Tubs got what was stated in his contract so it wasn't an overpayment. What it actually was is an underreporting of his salary by RTE (and sort of himself by keeping silent) and not an overpayment.
This is very true, it’s kind of a motherly instinct, they see the Toyman as a little unloved boy they have to nourish and care for.
€350k???
you’re understating that in every year and by half in one year when he “earned” over €720k from RTÉ alone.
I saw R’s bro this morning, it was a bit surreal being medically examined by him considering all the stuff here. I can’t say enough about how good a doctor he is, how very astute and pro-active he is and genuinely interested in seeing that the very best is done for you and ASAP. Great clinic he runs and I see his patients doing remarkably well. He would be worth every cent of his broadcasting brother’s takings and more.
The late great Bill Hicks picked up on this phenomenon, well the pre-online version:
I read another article, a woman is suing the state of Wisconsin. Here’s why: She married a fella. He’s on death row. Why is he on death row? He killed 8 women … he has AIDS, and she’s suing the state for rights of conjugal visits. And I’m afraid to say that the first thing that came to my head was: “And I’m not getting laid.
I couldnt remember how much the figure was so used a ballpark figure. I knew I'd get reamed if I used an incorrect and inflated figure so I erred on the side of cution.
I assumed there are additional payments as well. Did he get a cut of Toy Show the musical? I wouldn't be surprised if he got some sort of creative consultanting fees.
I understand what an overpayment is. Clearly I just didnt understand exactly what this issue was.
All the heat went out of this relative nothingburger of a story. Think it jumped the shark when SF’s brightest and best, Brian Brains Stanley, asked Kelly what he used to sell for Cadbury’s.
Absolute shambolic stuff.
The following will happen:
1) New funding model for RTÉ to replace the licence fee.
2) Tubs to be back on radio and telly if he decides he wants to continue
3) This thread to dwindle to about 5 truly obsessed and paranoid regulars - it’s the long tail of any message board thread.
From a PR perspective this was handled well. Bad news story, no hiding it, throw lots of petrol on the bonfire, get openly stupid politicians involved, let the outrage quickly burn away.
Some of those politicians though. One of them was barely able to read.
€5.4 million 😀 10 years to 2021
Still claiming it’s a nothing burger in week 5. Intriguing.
The Cadbury’s question was a leading question with a follow up, as well you know. For a person who claims to have a PhD you seem remarkably unfamiliar with this as an interrogative technique.
And the personal abuse once again of posters who have a differing opinion than yours.
Fair question at this point, but do you work for nothing burger RTÉ? Only fair I think.
and either way Do you think it is a good service?
There's a lot more financial stink to come out of RTE. The Tubridy/RTE/Renault money will be chickenfeed compared to it. Stuff that has nothing to do with Tubs but he'll still be mentioned.
I agree with you about the politicians. It shouldn't be politicians questioning RTE/Tubs/NK. It should be Senior Counsel.
A Nothing Burger for the Dr
The best part of the PR from RTÉ was that text message to Adrian Mole from Breda O'Keeffe.
Someone quoted €8m in one article I read. I assume that was for 15 years.
This is the total up to 2021, since 2002
I don’t work for RTE, or have any involvement/relationship with any of the parties involved in this. I think RTE needs to be reformed btw. I just think a lot of the enormously indignant performative outrage around this story was born out of silly season theatrics and Twitter “all day outrage” merchants.
Grand suppose we should just let them continue with that great PR they are so good at.
Hopefully this nothing burger will result in reform, or should we just carry on?
That there’s potentially more serious stories about waste and financial mismanagement to come should not diminish or downplay the attempted alight of hand by Tubs and NK. And Tubs in his role as the most honest man in Ireland 🙄 has betrayed the public, his colleagues taking cuts, and himself with his pious holier than thou sanctimonious “we’re all in this together” Captain Kindness Toyman fake persona crap.
I think many are more appalled at the lying (by omission), the hypocrisy, the initial 2 fingered “nothing to do with me” response, the OTT acting at the Oireacthas committee laying it on thick with the “I love your county very much”, “yes my salary’s enormous but it doesn’t affect my soul”, “I really respect the work of this committee” and “will we break for tea, that would be nice” etc etc tbh than the pocketing of extra cash.
He’s been exposed as being a fraud. I can’t see a way back from that.
I think it wasn’t handled badly. There’s no good way to handle bad news or a breaking scandal, but attempting to cover it up doesn’t work. The smart play in the era of continuous outage is to feed the outrage meter. It burns bright, the politicians get involved, the papers have a story, then Paddy and Petula get bored of the story and away it goes.
What makes you think that? I'd say a lot of people are just watching quietly and waiting for developments. Our licence is due soon and like hell will I pay it on time, unless I see real commitment to change and that includes inviting Mr.Tubridy to go look for work elsewhere. Doubtless I'll pay at some stage but I'll hold off for months and for as long as possible. This is how the people will quietly deal with this matter. RTE will be financially starved and brought to the table kicking and screaming for funding.
Nope. Not true. Some of us have been calling this stuff out for years - which again, as a regular on radio you simply have to have aware of, and to claim otherwise isn’t credible.
There is nothing new or seasonal in this. I’m just surprised it’s taken this long to surface.
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