RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

I am amazed that Ryan accepted the 170k to come back in September. That just shows you how overpaid he was previously. I guess he thought he'd crawl back in and rebuild his empire. Good riddance. Kevin B is showing some backbone afterall.

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Good work @ButtersSuki , you have been truly vindicated.

Does he pay back the 150k now??

The irony is we probably would have been happier had he just sprayed water from a water pistol at the audience and demonstrated this years must have toy

So the correct decision was made but for the wrong reason.

That’s a big worry. Ego’s at play is not how any publicly funded organisation should be making decisions.

It’s rotten to the core.

They had basically decided to ignore public opinion and public action (people not paying licence fee) and were going to reinstate RT.

That’s how this should be viewed. There’s no way we should back off now. That organisation needs to be closed down and rebuilt by someone new. A complete outsider using very very strict guidelines.

Do you know what? That is a very compelling argument.

Yep, it's beyond a scandal that ANY "talent" in Ireland's public broadcaster could earn 700k in 2011 when the state was in penury, but to think that THIS clown got it is just vomit inducing.

At any point in his RTE career, had any DG just said "Throw 200k to Tubs for the tv and radio and if he doesn't like it tell him to call TV3" that would have been that. He'd have snapped your arm off.

Bakhurst hasn't changed my mind. It shouldn't have took Tubridy to put his dainty size 7's in his mouth for him to have gotten the push. If he was determined to bring him back, item No1 on his agenda should have been to sit him down and agree that from here on in he's going to sing from the RTE hymn sheet, not how much money and for how few hours he was going to work. He's already whittering about open doors for him.

God almighty man. You're running the show. Make a decision and stick to it.

RTE can do what they like with anything at this stage I still won't be paying that TV license.

Who was doing Tubridys PR? Prones comments about how he has conducted himself through his statements and appearance at the committee was also taking aim for sure at one of her rivals. It wasn't wrong though.

He'd have no choice but to accept it

I heard people saying the UK and USA. Hahahaha. He had a short stint on the BBC and was dogshite.

Who is he outside of RTE.... Nobody.

There's no radio or tv station in the world thinking Ohhhh Ryan Turbidy is a free agent lets get him and he knows it.

With the likes of BK and Lynch still involved (RTE Old boys representing the very culture that's supposed to change), the license fee is dead. A complete re-haul is RTE's only hope and, even that, is unlikely to work.

Wouldn't be a fan of his either, but I have tremendous respect for him as a person.

I’ve said it in this thread.

Any RTE presenter would accept their role for 95k because they wouldn’t earn more anywhere else.

There is no need to pay the salaries that are being paid.

You didn’t underestimate Bakhurst.

There was a last minute u-turn.

The correct decision was made but, unfortunately, for the wrong reason.

There is more than ''the Talent'' overpaid. Senior journalists/ presenters in RTE.

Darragh Moloney and Aine Lawlor are on 183k, George Lee 179k. AFAIK GL and AL are staff I am unsure about DM

I wonder will he bother paying back the Renault money? 🤣😂