Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?
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It takes hours to fly anywhere before you even get on the plane
RTE is now a f**king shambles, it’s entire board is corrupt and they all need to be removed including the new Kevin lad.
Shut down that disaster area 2FM and drop kick a lot of the “talent” they claim to have, as they are all contractors then no redundancy should be required.
Enough is enough now, they are all dragging down RTE because of the shower of greedy f**kers who are the same as Tubs. The Noel clown as well should be banned from all engagement with RTE, someone wants to work in Rte then don’t hire him. Simples
He'd be doing well to get from central London/Islington to South County Dublin under 3 and half hours.
I think he did well to get the gig and did it quite quickly too.
I couldn't read the Indo article in full but the gist of it seems quite celebratory- as in RT has moved on to conquer the British airwaves as other Irish notables have done in the past.
It fails to note that they it did through ambition while they were in their prime unlike Ryan who hadn't planned it and who's career was on the wind down.
Like many I too lived in London, it's a young man's move. This move would've looked dymanic and ambitious for him 25+ years ago. Now it just kinda looks...sadly awkward.
Like a newly seperated, drunk middle aged woman hitting Leeson Street with her daughter's friends on a Wednesday night.
But good luck to him all the same.
It’s Tubridy’s thing! He’s even got his own thread 😁
Edit - see it was already posted up thread!
Dublin to London is 1 hour and 25 minutes.
That's when the plane takes off and lands.
He's hardly going to be pitching up a campervan at the end of the runways.
According to Ash J Williams it takes hours to fly anywhere. This is incorrect.
I dont really understand what your point is. The original post I was quoting was concerned about Ryans move to a foreign country. I was making the point that it is as close to where he is now as parts of the country he lives in. He seems to love Cliffden so I used that as an example.
From Islington one can get to & through London City Airport pdq. Getting through & especially from Dublin to Monkstown takes time in traffic. I’ve flown into/from LCY, and it’s pretty cool.
Let’s get the thread back on topic, and forget the fcukkery about airline flight times..
The main problem is that there seems to be no real concentration on the ‘talent’ and the outrageous wedge they trouser.
Now, of course I know that that’s not a huge player in reducing costs, these are the work practices, the number of grades, the hidden expenses, the pensions, the poor management, the hours worked, the side line gigs….etc etc and so on and so forth.
But ……these punters are where the rubber hits the road with John Q Taxpayer and as a member of that coterie myself, I would be ‘incandescent’ if these chancers were given any room to carry on as they have up to this.
As the contracts come up for renewal they should be given a number with a take it or leave it tag on it.
And it should be well short of €250k ….
This f ukkery about reducing hours to maintain relativity should be blown out of the water…..rapido.
Are you going to check in first? Go through security? No delays?
Clifton is far easier
We need someone in government to say "no Kevin, that's not reform that's just moving figures around "
Only in Ireland. I've been in London all week and I can assure you there's not been a peep from any UK media outlet about this. He's starting from zero over there and Virgin isn't a major player. We will, of course, be frequently told over here that Virgin is a massive station and Ryan is a huge star in the UK.
Many of the companies Ive worked for had a policy of allowing contractors for about 2 years and either giving them the oppertunity of going fulltime employee, or just renewing their contract for a further 6 month term but telling them it will not be renewed again.
Contractors are convenient for a company for maybe a short term project, but work out more expensive for long term engagements.
So, why is Ray DArcy, or Joe Duffy, both on the airwaves for 10+ years still contractors? That would be a quick money saving exercise for KB. Give the pair of them notice that their contract is not going to be renewed or is being rescinded, and tell them to apply for their positions as RTE employees. Pension, healthcare, but under the new policy of no-one earning more than the DG. If they don't like it, they can follow Tubridy to Virgin UK. I'm sure Joe especialy would be welcomed with open arms, assuming londoners can understand him.
We do Ash, and we need the taxpayer to stand up and call out any obfuscation on genuine reform.
John Q is a weak player in all this, all he/she does is fund this cartel of media, print media, and to a certain extent , the Govt.
It’s in all those mediums interests in to keep RTE wedges high as they, as it were, ride on the slipstream. .
Remember that my friends, all these scones have a ‘dog in the fight’.
It's the same in the area I work in...contracting is a short- or medium-term solution, it is never a 10-year solution. Like your employers, contractors have to leave or move to permanent after two years.
There's always a queue at the metal detectors in Athlone, though 😀
great description I laughed at that, he could give John Delaney a ring he seems to have made a good go there but at least he had the business acumen and wheeler dealer experience from the FAI, Tubridy has none of that he is fresh off the boat literally.
Now Ryan is plying his trade in brexit Britain, Im sure he had alot to say about that on his radio show which would have been the irish establishment position. Now his audience could include london cabbies and "white van man" He will not want former clips from his radio show re surfacing.
To be fair I think D'Arcy is an rte employee.
Joe isn't of course, and he just signed a new contract at 350k until 2025, so he can't be forced to work for 250k like KB is promising.
Been in London all week and the first I heard of this was when I flicked on a couple of Irish radio podcasts and of course logged in here!
A fascinating development. I really can't fathom the thinking behind this from the perspective of his new employers. Is it really as nonsensical as equating his household name status in Ireland with talent and an ability to build an audience? Do they really think he is the next Wogan or Graham Norton?
I would love to see the details on the deal NK did here. Money aside, it's going to be a major shock to the system for Tubs, to go from effectively a public sector mindset of waste, duplication, needless "roles" and performance and ratings being a secondary issue, to the cut throat world of a British, commercial radio station owned by the Murdoch's where numbers are the only barometer that matters. He will actually have to do 6 to 8 hour days now too because I'm going to guess there will be no army of assistants employed to do his job for him.
Like or loath Chris Evans or Graham Norton, they are hugely able broadcasters who make it look effortless. The type of people who could be dropped into any tv or radio situation and could make a fist of it. Either could easily have moved to the US. Tubs really stands out like a sore thumb amongst them.
It will be intriguing to see how this goes. I wish him all the best and many, many..................MANY years of success in the UK.
This Kevin Bakhurst getting his salary mixed up just proves why we can't give RTE extra money every year.
They can't be trusted with the money. It wouldn’t surprise me if there are pay rises next year.
If he was to be the next Wogan or Norton would he not have made it outside of Ireland before now? He's 50.
Being a bit cynical, Murdoch/Wireless may have got a bargain in that they've filler for Q102 with a known Irish name and Tubridy can present his Mid Morning Matters show in Virgin Radio in the UK. Apart from it simply being a Virgin Radio gig, Murdoch/Wireless effectively have Tubridy presenting two shows (one syndicated) for the price of one (though that may not be certain until the details of the deal emerge).
Regards...jmcc
Dunno D'Arcy's status now but he certainly did have an agent and it's not too hard to figure out who that agent was/is
‘Ray will sell himself as being primarily a radio star and that’s what he came to RTÉ to do,’ said the agent who represents some of Ireland’s top talent.
That's from an article when Ray's agent was throwing a hissy over Ray being dumped from TV due to him being rubbish
I personally think Ray still has his agent
If he has, then it must not be NKM, cos NKM were proud of who they had as clients, abs plastered their faces on their website. Ray was never one of them.
I think that each client has the say whether to publicly state they are with NK or not - I'm thinking BOC and Hugh Wallace in particular. So you sign up with NKM, and you decide to let that be known publicly or not
I posted this before and it's not too hard to join the dots
But, I digress...
I certainly don't add my pension and benefits when discussing my salary
This stuff needs to be closed down straight away.
Ray could be reduced by an AI bot and some newbee who presses the correct buttons.
Joe could also be replaced by someone who return to the original idea of the show, that is it about the listeners views not those of the presenter.
So bakhurst doesn't know his actual salary including all the perks and he doesn't seemingly earn enough to afford to pay for his own car and pension.
When is enough actually enough🤔?
And what are the chances that someone in rte will eventually remember exactly what they're paid. If you can't remember that how can you possibly run out so called national broadcaster.
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