RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

I was talking to a 20odd year old lately who had come across Freedom station on the car radio.

This is a lady who never usually listens to radio and definitely not 2fm.

Her opinion is Freedom plays great music..the presenters don't chatter on talking $hite..

Not surprising. Bar a very controlled situation where he himself is the MC, I can't see how he can put himself in any kind of interview situation where it's highly probable "the unpleasantness" might be brought up.

Most disgraced conmen like Tubs head to England at this stage. Sadly for the Toyman, no one in UK media is going to offer him a job.

I'll make a stab in the dark and say it could possibly be that the pre-planned questions weren't to his liking or the interviewer refused to provide him with a list of pre-planned questions in the first place.

Tubridy has form in this respect. I mentioned in a previous post that a prospective guest on the Late Late Show was phoned up by an RTE researcher and was asked to provide a bulletpoint list of topics he wanted to talk about, "for Ryan's approval"

Apparently Tubridy NEVER went into any interview without an explicit understanding that everyone was sticking to a pre-ordained script.

It's very possible the 20 tonne elephant in the room was going to be mentioned and the Toyman threw his toys out of the pram. 😁

I just hope the event organisers didn't pay his appearance fee in advance!

Am I wrong to think that RTÉ was asked if anybody had loan with the company?

Have you ever considered taking a loan from your employer? (Directed at everyone here, not just you Micheal Varadkar, but I'd say you are loaning money out to FF/FG people left right and centre 😂)

RTÉ would want to make that clear in their report.

It would look bad for RTÉ if they had a large number of staff and contractors availing of loans from RTÉ.

That loan book,terms and rates would make for interesting reading

He is rumoured for the Aussie jungle for IAC

He might be more known than Nadia Forde and she was on it

That's the thing. It never ceases to amaze me just how much abuse Paddy can take - If this were France, Montrosia would be a smoldering wasteland by now - but no, in Ireland, Paddy bends over and gets ridden into the sunset...and then offers to pay for the lube. When asked why...Paddy replies - "ahh butsurelookit..."

There's still a shocking amount of the NKM superstars (that everyone can't live without) infesting the airwaves atm. I can only hope that these contracts/shows were signed off on before before the disgraced RTE presenter Ryan Tubridy was caught with his hands in the cookie jar...because if they were approved post the scandal, then Kevin B is as bad as Forbes

I've had a look inwards thanks - it's all good

Run along now and stop annoying the non-FG voters, there's a good lad

well said,Ginneral

Appearing as a cricket🤪

Indeed. My belief is he has no intention of doing anything beyond speaking engagements, maybe a book and the like until the storm has sufficiently blown over to allow him back on RTE radio in some capacity. From there he intends to slowly work his way back to a primetime slot.

Tubridy knows very well that practically any other employer will mean an instant bumpy crash for him into the real world, where he will actually have to justify his salary and will have to do some work for a living, perish the thought!

He just wants to get back to the bosom of RTE where he can command 200k minimum. As many have said here, it was always the RTE primetime slot that guaranteed the listenership not his ability and working for the state broadcaster ensures a locked in audience for whoever sits at the mic. If Tubridy actually took up a 9am slot with any other commercial station, I couldn't see his listener figures being anything other than horrendous.