Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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He was due to be back on September 4th. Thats 2 weeks away, so the only negotiating left was dotting i's and crossing t's. If he had played his cards right he could have gotten RTE to make a statement exhonerating him entirely.
I enjoy listening to him on the weekend, don't know why some people seem to abhor him apart from the ridiculous wage but he is at least 10x better a conversationalist than Tubs ever was
Thought there may have been a quick ninja edit on the show name by now but alas not - maybe his name will live on forever in the radio programme, will see what is said in the morning or if there is a new jingle in place
Why are you personally abusing someone you don’t even know?
Well most the comments here tonight are from people watching the news & prime time on RTE
With RTE, it seems to be who you know or to whom you are related rather than what you know. The newspapers and broadcast have a considerable overlap. O'Connor surprised a lot of people with the popularity of his show but he wasn't RTE royalty like Tubridy so RTE stupidly protected Tubridy while losing a popular show that was bringing in advertising and viewers.
Regards...jmcc
Not sure they are inevitable- Bakhurst has pulled a master stroke by leaving the door slightly ajar…
if he sues, he will never get back
Where does this leave the €150,000 he was going to pay back?
In his back pocket
Patrick Kielty will unwittingly drive the final nail in to the coffin for RT.
Once the nation gets to see a professional do their job they will realise how shortchanged they have been for years with RT depressing the nation every Friday night.
Thankfully his first show is only weeks away and then there is no way back, ever, for RT.
Kielty comes across as a very decent and genuine human too.
Goodnight sweet Patrick !
If he is still being paid for his radio slot and his replacement is being paid for the same radio slot, then we really are being taken for a ride as tax payers.
at least ryan is now free to go and demand like 1m per year, or whatever he thinks he's worth away from the nepotism that infects RTE.
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Just woke up. Saw the headline. Delighted.
Finally someone with a bit of bollocks.
We need more of this in this country.
It's so awkward for PK, he has a summer of wall to wall madness to acknowledge and basically has to thank/acknowledge RT yet kick him to a kerb in the same sentence.
A viewers prize of €50k in your local for life would take the spotlight off it 😁
Not that I can recall. But there was a very interesting comment made by Bakhurst a few weeks ago that he would not talk to Noel Kelly. Its significance seemed to have been missed at the time.
That may have played a key part in what happened. Bakhurst was talking directly to Tubridy possibly without Kelly being present. From reading back through the PAC documents, the main negotiations were done with Kelly as it was Kelly's job as Tubridy's agent to get the best deal possible.
In this situation Kelly may not have been Tubridy's agent or negotiating as Tubridy's agent. Tubridy's statement was not that of what would be considered in business terms to be a team player. It looks like a power play that worked. It should also worry other NKM "talent" in RTE though this might be just a one-off situation as Tubridy had become a liability for RTE and it needed Bakhurst, as DG, to talk to him directly. However, Bakhurst's PT statement that salary cuts are on the way seems to indicate that RTE will have to meet specific targets if it is to get a bailout.
The money that talentless turd was on. Thank God I’ll never have to see his **** eating grin again.
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What next for Pinky & The Brain?
I think O’ Connor knows a few people too …..
Specifically, his father-in-law, a former producer of Gay Byrne's LLS. O'Connor has also been quite active in RTE on various programmes.
You get the feeling here that Tubridy has been told off like a bold school boy and suspended indefinitely (but not expelled yet) from school as a result.
I can see now how some/many RTÉ staff were not happy seen Tubridy coming back - a huge sense of entitlement - he’s been taken down a few pegs and no harm- about time we stopped treating these “stars” with kit gloves
Finally, a righteous development in the saga.
Some sliver of integrity still exists in Irish life, you love to see it.
Now let's see Tubridy go abroad and command the type of wage we were told he could easily command while we were being defrauded.
No, he'll squat on the margins of public life here with his hands out for money and attention like the island's richest beggar.
And the children of Ireland? They couldn't care less.
It's only a matter of time before Tubridy is allowed back into the fold. Let's not kid ourselves.
Tubs should now move on and prove his 'talent' is worth it on other shores.
He might be getting advice off Enoch Burke on how to stage a peaceful protest.
GT was obliged to confine its report to financial matters only and who was ‘ responsible’ for the decisions made and why they were made. It was not mandated to report on the nuances around what happened like RT could have gone public on what his salary actually was and refer to the Renault element . After all he is a VERY SEASONED ADULT, he knew that there was NATIONAL CAP of €500,000 per year on ALL salaries - including bank managers- and he chose to REMAIN SILENT. So, IMO , he should not be taken back because of a ‘ sin of omission’. I think GR should have included in it’s report that RT apparently conspired to keep the lot under raps by keeping quiet and by not going public to explain what he thought was the correct situation.
It is not good enough to say that we -NK included- told RTE that it’s reporting on RT salary was not correct so we ‘did our best’. Tubridy and Kelly used the same strategy at the committee meetings by saying ‘we did what RTE asked us to do’ - after all , it was our boss and we are a very small company.
What did he do then IYO
No word from nk yet. Are they in worried as their golden goose that’s rte might be gone to intensive care and might not survive
People celebrating because Bakhurst ego took a bruising and he's extended RTs timeout as punishment.
RT still getting paid collasal money to do nothing and Bakhurst saying he'll be back at an undisclosed date.
It's a golden circle jerk lads. There's no backbone. There's Egos, nepotism and greed. All being funded by you, you and me.
