RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

techman1 · 19-11-2023 05:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388165#Comment_121388165

In his RTE incarnation he would be beholden to Alcohol Awareness Ireland and political correctness and could not be seen to be promoting drink and especially Guinness. However in London its a 180 degree turn and he is hamming up all the stereotypical irish stuff like posing with a Guinness, next he will be saying "begorrah" and "top of the morning"

HildaOgdenx · 19-11-2023 05:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388387#Comment_121388387

Seems so.

Now he is playing senior hurling...in the UK...presumably for a lot less money.

And there's more than one reference to the unfairness of what went on with RTE and how he didn't see things coming. Good grief!

Spanish Eyes · 19-11-2023 06:01PM

I spotted him in Finnegans in Dalkey last Summer, 2022. We were sitting outside in the sun having lunch and he breezed up in a low slung car of some sort (I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of staring). He went in to the pub and we left the outside table shortly after.

This is just to let you know that a pleb like me can have food and drink in the same place as (deep breath) Tubs Almighty. I am starstruck honest.

Agent Coulson · 19-11-2023 06:23PM

"I'm playing senior hurling now".

Virgin radio has 1% of the UK's marketshare with a weekly listenership of 1.4m.

The UK has a population of 68m,

RTE radio 1 has pretty much the same weekly listenership out of a population of 5m so more like a demotion to junior hurling in Louth than senior hurling.

If he doesn't increase listenership and ad revenue for the Murdochs they won't be shy to firing him.

LambshankRedemption · 19-11-2023 06:47PM

Whats with the hurling reference?

Agent Coulson · 19-11-2023 06:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388752#Comment_121388752

Tubridy said "I'm playing senior hurling now" in an interview referencing his new job in the UK with Virgin Radio.

RTE and Ireland was small potatoes compared to working in the UK.

Basically sh1tting allover the only job he has ever had that paid him the guts of €10 to €12m over the last 20 years.

LambshankRedemption · 19-11-2023 07:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388790#Comment_121388790

Jesus. Just when you think he can't get worse, he does.

NIMAN · 19-11-2023 07:33PM

Well we all know how much of an expert on sports our Ryan was, so I can understand him using a sports analogy.

HildaOgdenx · 19-11-2023 07:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388898#Comment_121388898

And especially a reference to playing hurling... in the UK. 😁

HildaOgdenx · 19-11-2023 07:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388694#Comment_121388694

And tbh, on Q102, he will be basically a DJ.

Hyperbollix · 19-11-2023 07:41PM

And like any other 50 year old Junior B mullocker who somehow got a promotion to senior, he's going to be found out in no time!

I don't know if his new show will be feature on air interviews but I really hope it does. Will have my popcorn at the ready for Tubs and Noel Gallagher or Tubs and Steve Coogan. A shame Russell Brand is persona non grata these days. Would pay hard cash to see Tubs crash and burn with that one!

Agent Coulson · 19-11-2023 07:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388912#Comment_121388912

Which is just a live live simulcast of his UK show so he can't specifically target the Irish listener as his show has to be targeted at the UK listenership and he will be walking a tightrope if he tries to target both something I don't think he has the skill levels to do.

Beechwoodspark · 19-11-2023 07:50PM

”the pub version” of Tubridy sounds like hell on earth to be quite honest

HildaOgdenx · 19-11-2023 07:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388694#Comment_121388694

so more like a demotion to junior hurling in Louth than senior hurling.

I love this 😁.

jmcc · 19-11-2023 07:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388544#Comment_121388544

That's Fianna Failness. They can never foresee the consequences of their actions. Tubridy became the face of the payments scandal. Now, the taxpayers have to bail out that dysfunctional company. Guess he's going to pocket the 150K rather than repay it.

Regards...jmcc

techman1 · 19-11-2023 08:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388943#Comment_121388943

I wonder has he really thought this through, obviously he will be targetting the UK audience but by also being on Q102 is that going to sound a bit cringe, he will have to talk about what he is up to in London but without the decades of experience of UK life and what makes them tick. His whole persona on RTE was Mr establishment and goody 2 shoes, I just can't see that translating over to the UK. I don't envy him now he has a very big challenge ahead and alot at stake

jmcc · 19-11-2023 08:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121389018#Comment_121389018

The London book publishing scene is much larger than that of Dublin and there will be a lot more books for him to read. Think that the timeslot he's been given is for a three hour programme. Culturally, he is just a little Dubliner. He's not a major talent like Wogan or Norton.

Regards...jmcc

Rubberchikken · 19-11-2023 08:37PM

Don't like to hear him mention himself in the same breath as Terry Wogan. Wogan had a talent and s natural way on the radio.

This man is delusional.

HildaOgdenx · 19-11-2023 08:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121389068#Comment_121389068

He's not a major talent like Wogan or Norton.

Possibly understatement of the year. 😁 He is not fit to tie their shoes, imo.

Re the article and the unfairness of it all in bizarro Tubridy world - if he had got his cushy job back at RTE, he wouldn't have been able to resist going on about how he was so hard done by. I know I said that at the time on here. And there he goes in that article, more than once. Unreal, the level of delusion.

LambshankRedemption · 19-11-2023 08:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121389116#Comment_121389116

Thing is though. Someone who did have the talent of Wogan, wouldn't mention it either. The really great presenters did not think they were the bees knees at all - thats part of their appeal. The likes of Parkinson, or even Gaybo had a style that allowed them to talk to everyone one from the common man up to rock stars and top politicians. None of the greats would ever compare themself to one of the greats. Its whats part of what made them great.

RoTelly · 19-11-2023 08:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121387318#Comment_121387318

There is the Dee Forbes Thread

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057868730/dee-forbes-banging-the-rte-tv-licence-drum-again-60m-uncollected-fee-poll-not-working-pl-ignore

I am going to try to properly read through the RTÉ New Direction strategy and pick it apart, but busy with study :/

podgeandrodge · 19-11-2023 08:52PM

Quote: Beechwoodspark

The "pub version" of Tubridy sounds like hell on earth to be quite honest.

This.

But the interview with Chris Evans on that YouTube clip, where Tubs shifted uncontrollably in his seat, tells me he knows this is last chance saloon. What's he gonna do from now on, when nobody else wants to hear how he was "quite friendly with Sinead O'Connor" or how Bono gave him a tricycle runs out if steam.

There's a word for €150k Tubridy which I think is apt (but perhaps his loyal housewife Instagram gang would not agree)

Insufferable.

humberklog · 19-11-2023 08:52PM

Maybe he meant to say "I'm playing seniors hurling now".

humberklog · 19-11-2023 08:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388752#Comment_121388752

The reference come from the early 00's when Seamus Brennan (FF. TD) said to a Green Party member of the new coalition - "You're playing senior hurling now".

jmcc · 19-11-2023 09:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121389161#Comment_121389161

Chris Evan's story about himself and Bono in a dinghy banging on the side of a US Navy aircraft carrier for a bottle of brandy is memorable. Tubridy and his scooter? Not really.

Regards...jmcc

skimpydoo · 19-11-2023 09:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121384809#Comment_121384809

Ray D'Arcy does not have an agent, him and his wife Jenny take care of his contracts.

EmmetSpiceland · 19-11-2023 09:23PM

Jeez, seems some people really aren’t happy that Ryan has landed on his feet.

19-11-2023 09:25PM

I have a NSFW pic created by a friend who does photoshop for a living, won’t post it here but it says it all about the lad, up his own rear.

He can’t help putting himself in the Fame Frame at any opportunity he (/NK) can find.

Gaybo was a housewives fav, and Tubridy seems to be in a similar position with his InstaHun Housewives. I could understand the Gaybo effect in an era where many women were homemakers and moreover he had exceptional rapport which I as a young person got; Subsidy seems to have a steady following of absolutely unquestioning housewives, which is strange to me (as a retired woman) in this era, and in view of how limited his “repertoire” of communication style is and the fact that he has to deliberately draw attention to himself to garner this attention.

LambshankRedemption · 19-11-2023 09:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121389181#Comment_121389181

Bizarre thing for Tubs to say. Especially if it got picked up by anyone in the UK.

Loafing Oaf · 19-11-2023 09:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121388898#Comment_121388898

https://twitter.com/CathalMacCoille/status/717588286043254784?lang=en

In fairness the analogy was popularised by a late Dublin FF TD so t's more in Tubridy's bailiwick than it may appear at first glance

BTW I don't think he was intentionally disparaging RTE and the Irish media world by his use of the phrase, more indicating that he's now operating in a ruthless broadcasting environment where nobody (except maybe Chris Evans) will be showing him any special favouritism...

RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

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