Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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I think Sheehan is softening the ground for Tubs to join the Indo and do a podcast.
Yep, he is an MEP, not a TD.
MEP and former Minister Barry Andrews from FF.
As we all see it. But they won't do that, KB won't be clearing things or changing things. To big a push back.
O’Leary calling it as he sees it;
It is a contract role, basically they are looking for the best rate and the top rate that they can go to for 20hrs work per week is just 80k!
Right and his father and cousin were FF TDs, but the only TD in the Andrews family currently is a SF TD.
It’s actually hilarious RTE have come out today defending the Fair City photographer and saying they’ll be paid €60k per year instead of €80k (maybe the €20k diff is a non-salary car allowance??).
Oh right, it’s only €60k. In that case carry on.. they are absolutely delusional 😂
A few uncles, his grandfather
He was FF until he became unelected then crossed the river to SF
I think most of them come from NKM Towers or associated affiliates tbh.
I’m totally with you on that - RTÉ are obviously not willing to commit to a “make do and improvise” approach- I’d say jobs in RTÉ are highly segmented and vigoursly guarded - “a non photographer shalt never darken the door of the responsibilities associated with photography or there will be an all out general strike” sort of thing
If these guys were a new TV company they’d be on a shoestring budget, multiple roles and responsibilities allocated to each staff member and an innovation mindset - there’s a HELL of a long way to go before RTÉ is sorted out- in fact I’ll say it will never be sorted out without completely breaking it up and starting afresh
His cousin Chris Andrews is a SF TD.
This. Bizarre stuff. I think women have taken over marketing, and it's no longer about selling product, just virtue signalling and what ButtersSuki refers to above.
i still think this is still a good idea...and with what little i heard about the big meeting the other day its the only idea that makes sense.
The whole marketing, branding and advertising industry is dark arts to most of us. Companies have budgets for promotion, they employ people who make up stuff like this, maybe they analyse them for effect. But maybe it's often just a pile of s** and the lads involved snigger behind their hands as they submit the invoices.
Maybe we should set up a “Gofundme” fund to help out the Dainty one😉
Tubsidy is from the ff gene pool,Martin puttin a word in for him, anyway if it was Joe or Mary soap who trousered the money, the powers that be would find some "legal mechanism" to recoup the money mark my words
So tubridy has no income other than the money from the Renault deal! What a load of manure
We'll have to do a whip round, 😁
And the photographer for fair city. The whole thing is a massive joke.
God let them take pics with a phone. This is just getting worse and worse andbtbh Bakhurst is beginning to lose credibility imo
"Tánaiste Micheál Martin has expressed discomfort at the suggestion former RTÉ broadcaster Ryan Tubridy has a “moral case” to repay €150,000 he received as part of a controversial payments deal involving the Renault motor company.
The director general of RTÉ Kevin Bakhurst told an Oireachtas media committee on Wednesday that there was a “moral case” for Mr Tubridy to do so, but there was no legal mechanism for RTÉ to recoup the money.
Asked if he agreed with Mr Bakhurst’s comments, Mr Martin said he did not want to get into personality issues but added: “I’m not entirely comfortable with how all of that has been dealt with by RTÉ.
Why would Martin be uncomfortable with rich Tubs giving back money that originated from our licence fees?
Photography is a hobby of mine so I appreciate that a professional photographer will get better results but given the usage is likely for thumbnails, banners and posts on social media or ad breaks on RTE the quality doesn't really need to be that great, these aren't for fine art prints or high art. Surely they could extract some stills from the video for much of this and supplement with some pro shots taken much more infrequently such as when they have an "exciting" storyline to promote or a new character joins\long time one leaves. Even paying ad hoc rates I would think that would be much cheaper.
There is also a case of not wanting to role back. I assume that Kevin Bakhurst signed of on that statement.
Basically, Fair City has always had a photographer so Fair City will continue to get a photographer. Rather than anyone at anytime saying maybe there are better ways of providing this service.
But you would have to think about this.
RTÉ did at one time have a stills department. So the next question is, did they actual save any money moving to this system?
I wonder do they need a tea maker?” For 20 hours a week we’ll pay you 60k a year to produce 16 perfectly made cups of tea.”
A lot more effort to make the perfect cup of tea than to produce 16 lousy feicing photos
RTE thinks that by producing still photos of an actors reaction that I’m going to watch Fairly ****???
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 🤪🤪🤪
They just don't know when to stop.
Excuse after excuse. Why not employ a full time Photographer or two for the RTÉ Guide.
The player give Fair City about 30,000 addition viewer from tradition TV.
I think Beaker has always struck me as a very odd little fella. Unpredictable, inconsistent and fight with his nails.
You will also find that many of those comments come from media people, with one or two not working in the industry, or related to the brand in someway.
Sheehan's about face is very curious. Some months ago he visibly relished taking Tubs down now he's his No. 1 defender. You'd wonder if somebody "got to him".
"Mr Bakhurst told the committee that Mr Tubridy had a "moral case” to pay back the funds to RTÉ, but he acknowledged the former Late Late Show host was currently without "a source of income” following a breakdown in negotiations for his return to radio.
"We have no legal tools to pursue him,” Mr Bakhurst said. "I've said what I have to say about it, which is I think it's a moral case to pay it back, but I also understand that as a result of where negotiations went Ryan doesn't have a source of income at the moment.”
Ryan doesn't have a source of income!!! Surely after coining it for all these years he can afford to pay back money that is not his. Bizarre stuff from Bakhurst, and not the first time he's talked like this - previously he mentioned that Tubs had "a mortgage to pay". FFS.
On the whole NKM front I see he’s very busy with his other clients. I was sent an Instagram post of Baz Asshat in Brown Thomas advertising suits. Now I have a few issues with this:
So Baz will get a fee and a few suits out of it, but i’m not sure what Brown Thomas will get, I’m not sure how old Baz is but I’m the same age as Tubs (50) so not ancient. I wear suits a lot (occupational hazard). I just don’t get why Brown Thomas would think Baz would inspire me or other men to buy suits. It’s a frighteningly poor choice of brand ambassador.
“Legal letters have been exchanged” is about the height of it right now I think.
Whether or not it will enter a formal court process remains to be seen. I imagine the sums of unpaid money claimed by RT amount to a multiple of the 150k RTÉ are claiming RT should pay back for the “Renault work” - as I think his contract was up in 2025?
Could be wrong on some of those points but I’d doubt we’ll see any money returned by RT until this issue on pay is legally clarified or agreed by both parties.
TBH- it’s yet another side show- RTÉ should just close it down.
