RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

I would be inclined to look in the other direction. Whitehall only really exists because of his fathers stable of talent. He 'won' [and I use that term very loosely] an award for the best comedian in the UK in an award ceremony that had previously proven to be rigged, and while a whole feast of other comedians were in their prime and not even listed. It would not surprise me to hear that he or his father is paying for the lot to increase his exposure. His jokes really only appealed to young teenagers and as they grew he lost a lot of that audience.

...or trying their best not to change much....

An adrenalin lift from the public lambasting of RTE and Tubridy it would generate perhaps?

:)

His agent wasn't the one who came out in public talking about solidarity pay cuts when the reality was very different.

He is supposed to be Ireland's foremost commentator on public affairs, if he didn't have a clue what was going on with his pay - given those statements and knowing his pay is published as a major story every year - well then, he is clearly incompetent and has no business being in such a role.

If deliberate satire: 10/10

otherwise : 0.5/10

RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst has announced that the review of voluntary exit schemes in 2017 and 2021 has commenced, with legal firm McCann Fitzgerald to complete the report by the end of September.

I had posted about this a while back. It looks as if RTE are being deliberately ambiguous about it so that people go away believing what they want to believe.

My view is that RTE believe that Tubridy is due money due to being available to work. He's suspended for "editorial reasons" rather than due to any wrongdoing on Tubridy's part. Therefore he's due money and when they've decided how much he should get per week or month, then he'll be back paid pro rata.

Does anyone think that RTE do anything about them if problems are found?

Regards...jmcc

Indeed. As Stanley said to him at the PAC, "people tell me you're the real DG of RTE" to which Kelly responded with a disingenuous "Aww shucks, little old me??" routine.

I have a feeling NK's relation with Dee Forbes was similar to that of Cheryl Sandberg and Enda Kelly. ie Forbes was on speed dial and the correct greeting was always, "Your wish is my command!"

Kevin Bakhurst has called in the big guns because he knows the “exit packages” are potentially explosive.

If the former Chief Financial Officer awarded herself a “golden parachute” without meeting the scheme’s requirements, the €75K a year to Tubs will become a side show. An organisation is fundamentally undermined if the executive primarily responsible for enforcing the financial rules was also breaking those rules to line their own pocket. If there are multiple cases of this sort of abuse, there is no culture of governance. The side money to Tubs is an embarrassment which can be contained but an organisation being plundered by its own leadership cannot survive.

We are in the realm of speculation here and we can’t draw any firm conclusions but the lady in question didn’t help matters by crying off the Oireachtas Committee invitation (and the effort to read out her exculpatory text message was rightly shot down at the Committee).

RTÉ appoints legal firm to investigate two voluntary exit schemes that ran in recent years

https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2023/08/11/rte-appoints-legal-firm-to-investigate-two-voluntary-exit-schemes-that-ran-in-recent-years

I quite agree. Ryan is the Poster Boy for RTE and its culture (I use the word loosely), the embodiment of the entitlement and greed, whilst bringing precious little to the party

Before Tubridy, the Toy Show was always about the kids and the toys. Tubridy changed that so that it became about him.

Regards...jmcc