RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Of course he won't. Won't donate it to charity either. It used to turn my stomach listening to this leech advertising for Vincent De Paul.

"So I can keep the dodgy money Noel?"

"Sure didn't I tell ye, I'd look after ye"

Speaking as a Galwayman I take offence to that.

I'm not disputing it, it is a fact. I just take offence that it is a fact unfortunately.

And no, Tubs will not be getting a parade here.

Ah that will hurt the most. Having your name wiped off the schedule and show title.

My heart is literally bleeding for him. He only has 5 million in the bank. His diamond shoes are too tight and his tailored Italian wallet is too small to hold all those 100 euro bills.

I'll light a candle for him.

From this mornings radio show as reported by the examiner

I thought he was annoying, but I'd say the real underlining problem was he was never loved in the way RTE promoted him. He was emblematic of a publicly funded broadcaster acting like they're star makers.

You would think that Ireland's foremost authority on all things Kennedy would maybe look into that but, no. Tubs did an interview with an Indo journalist a few years back at the release of his book. She asked him about his Kennedy fascination, his opinions on his renowned sex life and of course the assassination. He actually got wound up about the line of questioning and told her he had no interest in all of that distasteful stuff, it was more about the 60's culture, style, music etc

To call him puddle deep would be an insult to puddles.

Not a chance. Duffy is stealing a living, and he knows it. Even at half his salary, he'd be grossly overpaid.

If this is indeed a game of chicken, Bakhurst will win. There are no opportunities for these so-called 'stars' at the BBC. That's a scare tactic which has been used (successfully) by NK and his ilk.

When the bluff is called, these people will take whatever's on the table - provided their own inlfated since of pride can handle it.

+1

An "insult to puddles" is right.

Tubridy has shown himself to be as shallow as a worm's grave.

I'd say what RT would know about anything could be written on the back of a postage stamp.

Over the weekend, I looked at a lot of Parkinson coverage, some his old interviews, and interviews with old colleagues and friends. Apart from his obvious skill as a broadcaster, the thing that struck me is that he was fundamentally a humble man from a humble background who fully understood how lucky he was and probably for a large proportion of his career, suffered with imposter syndrome. "Can I, a coal miner's son from Yorkshire, really come down here to the big smoke and interview Hollywood royalty?" - This fed into his work ethic and a real desire to give 100% at all times. I'd put Gay Byrne in the exact same bracket.

Contrast this to Tubridy and we have the exact opposite scenario. A man born into privilege, who expected to do well and fully believed he belonged in the role he was bestowed in Irish society, but had neither the humility, decency or intelligence to understand it.

That shows a surprising level of self-awareness, one I hadn't credited him with. Maybe he should write a book about Ireland's Mad Men? I imagine Dublin's advertising world was a crazy place in the 1960s.

They are looking at the competition VMTV's Seven O'Clock Show and now the Six O'Clock show.

I noticed how RTÉ News put out all of their chat shows that Parky appeared on... it was as if to say look at us we do this as well!