Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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Tubridy has gotten the bullet
It would have been suicide on so many levels to bring him back.
The station is basically bankrupt and Tubridy is a toxic brand.
No idea what these negotiations are about.
Time for Tubridy to move on with his life.
I assume it's safe to say he is still getting fees each day from RTÉ as the statement makes no mention of his fees being suspended, he could go to Marbella for the remainder of the summer.
Tubs is gone, just popped up
Kicked to touch
Bakhurst has some balls after all and Mr.Tubridy is out the door! :)
We will see if he does/doesn't
To be honest not sure how anyone could even consider bringing him back in first place, especially after the day in front of PAC. If he had balls that would have been the end of it then. It has hurt RTE more letting it drag on for weeks.
"at this time"
Means there still no final decision.
Is this announcement designed to stop the licence fee free fall and give them space !
'...at this time' makes me wonder though!
Door still open, I'd say.
.... but is there a plan to return Ryan to his presenting role in September? Depends how you read it. What it doesn't say is, "Ryan Tubridy will not return to his presenting role." There's a neat little qualifier, "...at this time."
Caveat emptor
That's a good start. Once I see some more changes mentioned I would have no problem paying my license again
Yes - could be weasel words to placate the public for a while. Then pull him back in again.
Don't know where I put that TV licence renewal letter, won't be looking for it just yet...
Also it says "Ryan Tubridy will not return to his presenting role in RTÉ at this time, according to the station's Director General.", so there's another door being left open with how that's phrased.
Steady lads, steady. It ain't over till the plus size lady sings. (Updated for fakery wokery)
At this stage lads & lassies, ye'd all just want to never listen or watch anything scuttered out from RTE ever again.
They've literally just shown the last few months, plain out in the open, what they actually think about the ordinary citizen.
So, y'know, if any of us keep watching and listening to them, and do it out of enjoyment or either hate/rage, you're just enabling them. Ireland has a serious psychological problem with this propaganda comfort outlet. And that's what RTE is. If you are listening to them, watching them, following them either out of enjoyment or hate, all you are doing is giving them publicity and literally feeding them, because they don't give a tiny fiddlers f**k what any of us ordinary people think or ultimately care about.
So, the only way to truly win and be free of these mediocre parasites is this, ignore them. Ignore all of RTE's output, don't watch it, don't feed it.
Don't even acknowledge it.
It's the only way to be truly free of all this corrupt noise that is never going to change until they are literally ignored by the entire majority, which is Us.
What it means is...'we know full well he's going to sue us for this and so we cannot preempt what a Court may direct, but as far as we're concerned, he's history'
I stand over it...he'll be back in 6
It seems that the arrogant and narcissistic Tubridy coming out with the self indulging statements killed the deal!!
Is this what a "nothing burger" looks like?
Regards...jmcc
His plan all along. Have the negotiations and then say goodbye to and good luck to Tubirdy. That's what he is paid for and now looks like a great fella and asserting his control of the job. Fair play to him for making the decision he had no other choice anyway. If I were to end up bring my employer into disrepute I wouldn't be looking for a second chance I'd be long gone.
Oonagh Symth from Primetime is reporting that RTÉ offered to include Ryan Tubridy's foregone "exit fee" of €120,000 due at the end of 2019, as part of his new proposed five-year contract from 2020. So while it was waived at the end of 2019, RTÉ proposed to factor it back into his next contract, from 2020 onwards. An annex to the second Grant Thornton report published on Wednesday, shows that the outline proposal for the new contract offered to pay the "exit fee" in series of €24,000 instalments over five years.
When it came to working out his new salary for 2020 the report shows that the "loyalty fee" was factored back into his base salary as part of the outline offer in December 2019.
So when are they going to change the name of the radio programme - didn't really expect him to say off with you now
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Hooray!
I dunno - out of sight, out of mind and who will miss him?
As regards political connections, how useful is he anymore in that regard. Not much.
I'm pleased for Ryan - it's just what he needs. A break from RTE and let him go and spread his gifts elsewhere. A relief to him and us all.
Tubridy had an open goal but he blew it, he couldn't resist giving his own spin on yesterday's audit finding. The gloating statement was out in record time. He was home and hosed without it.
Kelly's and Tubridy's character will really come out now. I'd bet on no return of the 150,000 and a dirty court case - played out in the media with leak after leak.
Please spare a thought for Noel Kelly tonight....
His cash cow has been brought to the knacker yard for rendering down!!
No one is more aware of this than Ryan. It’s why he was so keen to get back on the air.
He’s acutely aware that his milquetoast, beige, humblebrag patter is instantly replaceable and it’s all about listener habits. His audience will get used to a new host or listen to another station within 2 or 3 months
