Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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"Morning all! It's great to be back after all that unpleasantness. Now, lessons learned and moving on from all that, we are very much open for business. Call or text etc etc etc......" 🤮
I think the government don't realise how much this will damage them in the next election. FG went on and on about rooting out cronyism, corruption, waste and elites and golden circles when they brought out the New Politics manifesto. As we all know, they jumped into all that greed themselves as soon as they took power but now RTE reflects all of those vices in one relatively small organisation. If the government don't deal swiftly with RTE, they would look utterly complicit and supportive of a dysfunctional national broadcaster.
You can bet your life there'll be no live calls and only the nice texts will be read out. They're probably composing them in Bakhurst's office at the minute.
When do you think KB will announce RT is back?
I did it and it was shut down. You can see the link to it below.
Do RTE shows and presenters get more money if a show is played on the same station but by plus 1 hour.?
Like RTE 1 and 2 have a +1 from 8th it looks like TG4 will have +1. That's showing up on my TV box.
Don't be giving them ideas
I think they do..Fair City wasn't on rte +1 for a long time..same with reeling in the years !!
I said way back that Bakhurst wouldn't get rid of him.
New broom was needed, Bakhurst isn't a new broom, unfortunately. 🤷♀️
Jesus, that Dr Harold News account is about as funny as hearing a rumour over breakfast there's going to a mandatory redundancy announcement at 11am.
I'd listen to morning Ireland if I was driving or listening to radio at that time. I'd possibly listen to CB depending on the subject she was covering. No way I would listen to Tubridy in between. He wouldn't hold to me but I would switch back to CB to hear what she was covering. Wouldn't listen to Callan either
That slot is just tittle tattle
I hope if they bring him back everyone abandons rte or tell the advertisers they won't support them. Smarmy little leach.
Would be a different scenario for actors and repeat footage etc (songs and what have you), doubt it would apply to news, current affairs progammes etc and even if it was contractors and employees are on a set wage - they are not paid per production
And yet in all this debate where is the TOYMAN?
Where are you?
I am sure there is an "expert" RTÉ commissioning editor reading their script right now, actually they probably have a new Comedy series starting on RTÉ hosted by Doireann Garrihy.
It is optional, no TV no TV Licence.
You can have a 60 Monitor and stream all the content in the world without a TV licence as things stand
Thanks for doing that.
A small sample of 100 people and 91% say a big fat NO to having him back.
Unfortunately the poll was closed so well just have to assume that percentage would have remained consistent even had 10,000 people voted.
How do we share this 91% with the decision makers ?
There’s no argument to have him back that is based on any reality that the public would understand.
Hopefully the public continue to protest by not paying the TV licence.
High time the next general election reflects on this type of corruption and the people vote accordingly.
When will the Irish people ever teach the Politicians who they are supposed work for.
"When will the Irish people ever teach the Politicians who they are supposed work for"
I agree.
This is the inherent problem thus the long streak of piss will flow back in.
Friday the 25th August.
This would be half the solution.
An organised public contacting any company that advertises with RTE saying they will boycott their products if RT returns to the broadcaster.
It has happened to great success in the past.
What if he came back on a significantly reduced fee? 150k ?
Why would that change what has happened in the past ?
OK but it's not currently optional if you watch broadcast TV, even if your ariel is temporarily disconnected m'laud.
By not voting for them
We know you don't like it as you keep telling us.
Time to just move on and bypass it as you are sounding like a scratched record.
Money is irrelevant here.
Like comedy, as a tragedy as this is, all about timing.
Friday the 25th after lunch, late like 16:00 - Toyman Returns...
This is a new broom.
RTE Board and the kents in government above them...
I agree to a degree but I think it would have to be more than just taking Tubs back. Overall, I would not be satisfied until there would be major changes in there.
I do not think those sort of boycotts can work without proper organisation. For example, if Tubs contract was cancelled or if RTE just refused to hire him again after a boycott of sponsors or advertisers, then I do not think everyone could just decide to boycott again until Backhurst was gone or the salaries were lowered and so on.
But any attempt to force people to pay a licence fee using any of the suggestions posted here or mentioned elsewhere would almost certainly lead to much bigger problems for them.
Don't have an Ariel or satellite dish........
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