Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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So I assume he is out of contract and has been since leaving the LLS so why have they still been paying him - a lot more details are needed about this than just "not coming back at this time"
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He needs to come out and make a proper statement...as you said this seems to be a decision but it could be just words to get the tv licenses back and then let old Tubs back in
It's rather pathetic of Tubridy, the man who's claimed for so long he's wanted by other broadcasters.
He's not.
National Union of Journalists are meeting on Tuesday. They've made a statement too.
"Members were shocked by the finding in yesterday's Grant Thornton report, that the understatement of Ryan Tubridy's earnings was done in order to give a false impression that the presenter was earning less than €500,000 annually when in fact his real earnings were considerably more than that. That some at RTÉ set out to deliberately deceive the public, government and staff at RTÉ in this way is reprehensible, and further undermines our trust in our employer. We want to know who decided to publish these incorrect figures. We want an end to the culture that sees lavish and excessive payments for a small minority while others often working alongside those people struggle with low pay, insecure contracts, substandard working conditions and a lack of promotional opportunities."
So his stupid statement was the final straw for Kevin Bakhurst, he as good as says as much.
A statement where Tubridy claimed to not have been overpaid in 2020 and 2021, by virtue of the fact that the €150k only landed in his account in 2022? For work he hadn’t done in the first place?
The man is a joke.
As another poster said, even for people that liked him, they’ll have moved on in a few weeks of a new routine. Everyone is replaceable, and Tubridy is so mediocre it hurts.
Biting the hand that fed him so well……
New statement seems a bit more final I'd say...
But it seems he was at the door waiting to come back in, until he started gloating and cocky about it?
Still doesn't give confidence in sorting the rest of the issues?
Pretty much.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41207401.html?fbclid=IwAR2rGx9RSCJsFT5tKZtnujkJjicOTweOJxOxyaERRGBQr1m3P57caiJyqYw_aem_AS3JvFvPklkZE2dyFa6cFFzYLz9n4thpAMSoXZ_LGVDsdhRSlH_8YC2Qod-rmxRk_Xk
All hail the Grinch!
I think Tubridy has messed this up himself. According to Backhurst, his pay and time (the essentials) were agreed, but Ryan had to go and publish that statement and you could smell it that RTE were unhappy. Wasn't expecting it.
I was wrong 🥴 absolutely convinced he'd be brought back. Glad to be proven wrong. Maybe bakhurst has b@lls after all.
Don't like the 'at this time' though. Like others have said, leaves the door open for something. Yuk.
Really glad I never watch or listen to rte in any form any longer.
Definitely not worth it.
That statement from Bakhurst implies that he was on his way back though, doesn't it? Until Tubridy made his statement on the report.
He must be seriously badly advised. Or is it just simply pure arrogance on his part?
It's like his statement when the news first broke about the shenanigans that had gone on with his payments. He had to try to row back then from it.
Isn't greed a truly terrible thing really. He had such a handy number at such a crazily overinflated salary and it apparently wasn't enough for him.
I'm inclined to think we haven't heard the last of him on the RTE airwaves yet.
I hope I am 100% wrong.
People talking about redundancy, put it out or your head.
You can't make a contractor redundant. A contract is terminated by one side or the other and the rightfulness of that may be determined in court.
Otherwise contracts expire and the simplest thing to do is not renew them.
completely OT, but why does d'Paper need four journalists to recycle a RTE press release
I'm looking forward to Virgin Media take on the story in Don't Look Back in Anger in December.
RT's handling of this situation was out of step from the off.
At every turn when he went public he just alienated himself further. It looks like it was his latest release after the GT report that sunk it for him.
Hiring a good PR team (and doing what they say) could've swung it differently for him. But no- he couldn't help himself.
His cosited life in Montrose, from boy to man, fooled some into believing in him but not as many as he thought.
His own hubris rinsed his career.
And a good + was seeing Bettersuki being vindicated. As a regular reader of the Radio Forum I'd see him taking a lot (and gave it out too tbf) flack from other regular posters who always popped up to defend anything RTE related.
Same posters have a good dollop of Nothing Burger on their face tonight.
Good.
I bet NK and Ryan debated over including the line at the end of the statement over the top 10 earners. Who insisted on including it?
I wouldn’t be shocked if Ryan splits from NK in coming months.
Am I giving them too much credit in thinking these failed negotiations and GT report were all a crock of shıt and were purely a charade in order for him to save some face and he was never going to go back? An opportunity for him to release a statement absolving himself of any wrongdoing and a little spat which was one step better than being labelled as “outright sacked” which is effectively what has happened.
“nothingburger, back in September” lols 😜
Radio Carlow is hiring Ryan
Not defending them (they’ve gone downhill in recent years) but I think this is an amalgamation of a number of different articles over the last day or three?
I'm looking forward to the sequel starring Breeda O'Keefe......I bet she has dome storylines.....it's looking more and more that she got out before been found out.
Don't like the 'at this time' though. Like others have said, leaves the door open for something.
Yeah but if 'something' is Up With The Partridge on RTE Gold I think most of us can live with/without that...
Hopefully doing morning traffic updates and Santa sleigh tracker on Xmas eve for a bit of overtime….thats his level.
I wouldn’t! 😂
Over to you NBC, CBS et al.
World class broadcaster here sitting idle.
(Well, a little more idle than usual!)
Lottie’s “job” may be under threat now from the unexpected competition
Any half competent procurement team will stitch in clauses allowing for termination of contract based on underperformance or services not provided. I doubt Tubridy has any legitimate angle to sue from.
Though given Rté is effectively a state funded company, you'd have to wonder how they could appoint directly with a single agency time and time again without breaking procurement laws (OJEU values etc). Perhaps there isn't much of a procurement team there and any clauses in his contract are basically referencing Santa Claus and toyman being the undisputed king of getting whatever he wants.
He was in negotiations with RTE and then, self aware(not) Ryan decided to make a statement after the GT report was made public.
Thats a bit like interviewing with Twitter and while in the interview tweeting "I'm about to get a job with Twitter".
That statement clearly pissed off Kevin Bakhurst, unsurprisingly. It would me to be honest.
Anyway, Ive got the prosecco on ice. I'll be popping it at 9pm watching th news.
