Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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And they used the special ‘sad tubrity’ photo
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@PeadarCo 19-09-2023 10:13am "Even when it comes to the 150k we still don't know who in RTE approved it and why. If the management in RTE did their job it wouldn't have been agreed or at least there would have been a proper paper trail. This focus on RT let's RTE management off the hook completely and gives them room to make the same mistakes in the future."
I think one interesting aspect of this is that on the one hand the RTE board maintain that RTE itself fully authorised the 150k yet at the same time, RTE only became aware of the payment as a result of an auditors report. I'm not sure if anyone has been questioned properly about this but it appears to be a contradictory stance.
So as someone mentioned, the photographer has been working contract for RTE for over 10 years - presumably winning every tender during this period?
No surprise - turns up as a guest on an RTE show too :)
https://www.facebook.com/rtetoday/videos/mn%C3%A1-na-h%C3%A9ireann/1909025932442587/
While he might be tailor-made to be a presidential candidate, Tubridy is no Boris Johnson. Johnson is a political animal and Tubridy is not. That's the problem for Tubridy. FF may want its own candidate and while Tubridy might have been a possibility this time last year, the payments scandal would be an issue and it is more recent than Ahern's problems with the Mahon Tribunal.
The presidential debates would also be a problem for Tubridy in that one of them would be on RTE. If, hypothetically, he was back in RTE either as an employee or contractor, that could be a major conflict of interest for RTE. And by then, there could have been a GE and SF could be the main party in government.
Some of Tubridy's paths to the presidency closed as soon as the payments story broke. The next presidential election will probably be one of the dirtiest for decades given what is at stake politically. I don't think that Tubridy has the instincts for that kind of a contest. Even if he paid back that 150K Euro, the payments scandal would still be brought up if he was a candidate and his opponents would exploit it.
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Someone mentioned the Photographer. She was on Moncreiff, I didn't listen just read a report.
She seemed to think she had it in the bag, as she doesn't know what will happen next. I expect a visit to the WRC (Workplace Relations) Who else applied for this position? and was she gifted it each year it was advertised?
The board of RTÉ did say in the committee that they felt decision being pretty much "fait accompli", is this across the board in RTÉ. Where a decision made is how it should be always.
I feel that the Executive producers of FC requested this in 2011, it was grant every 3 years after that with little to no questions being asked with in RTÉ.
I think Kevin Bakhurst might consider a full reshuffle in RTÉ. I don't think it is good to have a producer languish at FC for 15 years.
Tubs' next BIG gig, interviewing a couple of people at an Icelandic festival.
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/ryan-tubridy-reveals-his-next-big-gig-since-departing-ways-with-rte-cannot-wait/a2138683238.html
Kielty should totally distance himself from Tubs. Tubs sending him best wishes prior to the Late Late return and again texting into the Evans radio show in the UK the other day is simply a desperate effort on his part to keep his name to the fore in the media. There was nothing genuine about it whatsoever on Tubs part.
I reckon Kielty's opening lines at his first LLS last week did exactly that. He took the piss out of Tubs and mentioned that he wasn't abusing taxpayers with expenses. I'd imagine Kielty had no time for Tubs.
Documents obtained by the Irish Daily Mail show former chief financial officer at RTÉ Breda O'Keeffe eventually conceded in 2020 that the broadcaster would meet Mr Tubridy's salary demands 'half way'.
RTÉ wanted Mr Tubridy to take a 15% cut, or a drop of €75,000, reducing his salary from €495,000 to €420,000 at a time when RTÉ had announced major cost-cutting measures, including its highest earners taking a 15% pay cut.
But in October 2019, Mr Kelly's team wrote to RTÉ saying: 'For the elimination of any doubt, Ryan is not prepared to contemplate any reduction in relation to agreed payments sums that arise during the extant contract.'
Am a bit confused... where is the meeting halfway?
RTE wanted 15% pay cut.
In the except you have listed ... Tubridy is not prepared to contemplate any reduction.
Big exclusive reveal in the indo today. Tubridy is going to some book festival in Iceland and is very excited about it. Anybody know if there is a way we can be alerted if these big news stories break?
Where is the Bould Breda? Is she going to give the public the benefit of her thoughts again??
Just because someone wants to meet halfway doesn't mean the other person is willing to meet them halfway. Think they eventually agreed an 11% cut after much wrangling. Apparently, there's 500 pages of emails of wrangling negotiations.
Documents Reveal How RTE Caved In On Tubridy's 15% Pay Cut (evoke.ie)
These are the increases and decreases for Tubs
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have had a Ryan deficit recently and was spending my waking hours worried about the poor fellah. Fascinating stuff!
One could say the "ceilings the limit" for him
A reunited Ireland by 2039? You're not serious?
How did Tubs text in?
The only way he could do this is if he has a UK mobile number as you can see below when I tried to text their number.
He’s not gone away ya know.
women in agriculture.
Claire brick might help him out
Harrison Gardner is also with NKM.
And the image of the Instagram post shows 105 likes. Perhaps he should get some lessons from the other RTE influencers. There's a bit about a pensions gig and then the article ends with some news about Kielty and how his first LLS had almost a million viewers. Puts that 105 likes for Tubridy's post in some perspective.
Why the need for a minimum of 16 every week.
Have never seen fair city but I'm guessing as a soap the characters are recycled throughout the weeks covering the different storylines.
I've seen one pic recently on a post here I think of three characters from the show. Nothing spectacular. And it definitely wouldn't make me want to watch them or the show.
Rte have the ability to attempt justifying money spent on every little job so no wonder the place is choc a block with staff. They must be falling over each other.
Didn't Tubs go to Iceland before on a complete junket for his radio show? I think he did about an hours work there at some interview and stayed on for a few days.
He might think twice about doing it without taxpayer monies to waste. Iceland is expensive when you're paying for stuff yourself.
Together again: Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates reunite to launch political podcast - WorldNews (wn.com)
Noel Kelly Management seeks sponsor for new podcast with Today FM presenter as host and former minister as pundit Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates to launch new podcast.
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I wonder will NK and Co use this podcast as a way to rehabilitate Tubs?
Still no sign of Tubridy's "Big Podcast" that one of his relatives mentioned a few months ago?
You are right, the last time Tubs went to Iceland was after months of hinting on his radio show how much he’d like to go there?
He then went for a week at taxpayer’s expense to do what ended up being a 15 minute interview with an Icelandic author.
I man sure he’ll get some shock when he finds out he has to pay for himself this time around, and I’ll bet he won’t stay for a week.
As his best pal Hilary is one of the main guests maybe she got the organisers to pay for him?
Wonder if the booking was made when Tubridy still had a career in Irish broadcasting and a daily radio show? It is fascinating how most of the coverage of Tubridy in the Irish media no longer mentions those job offers. Now, he's on the Alan Partridge circuit.
The Rhinestone Cowboy has come home to roost.
Terry Prone really skewered him with that nickname. :)
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