Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

It's even really difficult for Irish people overseas to access RTE content, even when you would pay for it!

Well maybe, but it could have been a much better programme without that shower, Kathleen Lynch ffs, Brennan, Ciara Kelly, short,Courtney and another few I've never heard of, Doorley with the big foodie all-knowing head on him, he'd eat himself if he got the chance by the sound of him , were they all gettin the cheque for their shytetalk I wonder

It's what Dee Forbes loved to 'provide' as entertainment- what's become known as 'weaponised nostalgia'. Cheap as chips programming, clips we've seen a hundred times over taken from the 'archives'.

And a lot of those people probably don't get paid that much to give an opinion- we heard from comedians who were offered €200 to write, film and shoot a comedy sketch for 'No Worries if not', and that would take about 3 weeks to make per sketch. (Many rejected the offer, no matter how much 'exposure' it would get-youtube, tiktok and twitter provide the same exposure, without signing stuff away to RTE).

Pat Short's 'Entertainment from D'Telly' and 'Music from D'Telly' were two similar shows that raided the vaults, Reeling in the Years 2010s was hyped up as the Irish Game of Thrones the way they were promo'ing it. I didn't watch it, and I've watched em all up to that point.

And we have 'Marty's picture show', where Marty Morrissey goes through the archives of old photos... more 'nostalgia'. Nationwide are doing the same too, while they were on Summer break, they raided the archives again.

It's all same old, same old. Lazy, lazy, cheap programming- because the money was being pee'd away on the 'talent'.

Any old crap to fill the hole. RTE2 often has two or three wildlife or cookery programmes in a row.

Don't think they even care about their programming schedule. Just keep the lights on and the ads running.

They are unwilling to release Dee Forbes contract, but I would have thought that she was largely appointed by the board who are in turn appointed by the Minister/Department. You'd think that the Department would have an over view of that contract.

The also won't provided details of Breda O'Keeffe's exit package, I assume this will be know once work is completed on the investigation into those exit packages/redundancies is completely.

Someone on twitter was saying how he'd email Dee Forbes about Right wing extremists in Sweden and their rise, and how he didn't get a reply... I was going to reply with "You honestly still believe she was running RTÉ in some shape or form following the scandals about her time as DG."

@TedBundysDriver All is saved because on Monday after a 4 month holiday Today with Daithi and Maura is back on our screens!

Yeah they've never really been able to, I wonder why.

I called Today offices, I thought I wonder what they are up to, the week before it begins. They are working from home, so no rehearsals needed for the big day on Monday.

Tuesday evening 7pm RTÉ2 - Hotel Chocolat: Unwrapped. Originally broadcast in October 2020…

So almost 3 years ago, and I’ve randomly seen these shows on about 4-5 times being shown on RTÉ…….

The alternative on RTÉ 1 at the same time? Nationwide & Eastenders.

It's not just O'Keefe that got an exit package, Coveney did too.

All I know is Coveney got a pay off. I don't know much more than that.

Yeah, that is what I am hearing too. I assume this means he was fired and got severance. Also hearing O'Leary was given something. These are not resignations.

This would have been my press release : -

Would it be worth it? I was up in Dublin on Tuesday.

I listen to their RTÉ podcast and to me it was the same old same old.

I am grateful that Sit down and be counted was published to Amazon but its not the be all and end all. I felt is was 3 RTÉ producers complaining about their own mistreatment from Politics, management and from the public.

The on the one hand bemoan the commercial side of RTÉ and then state we are too small to find good people to go on the TV.

In the podcast they basically give RTÉ an excuse for their mismanagement of the company and that excuse is the wining and dining of advertisers and the commercial arm of RTÉ along with the lack of funding coming from the license fee.

IMO both of these things are just signs of how RTÉ are unable to run an organization rather than a cause of the problems that the face.

Geraldine O'Leary basically stated that if she had not done what she did RTÉ would not have to the sponsorship that they receive, while Dee Forbes continually said the license fee was broken.

This is just people agreeing with the incompentance at RTÉ.

Do you have a link with any of the speakers? and topics to be discussed?

Dee Frobes and Breada O'Keffee 😂

I am not convinced about going.