RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

I could not give 2 💩's about Tubs. Now that he has gone, I hope I won't read or hear too much about him.

He has also just pissed off a lot of RTE staff as he proven he did not need RTE to pay him big bucks to stop him moving to another broadcaster.

It will be interesting to see how he copes with a show that is music based with very little chat.

He also won't be able to ask on air for his freebies and he will have to get used to that.

Not at all, just glad he is sorted so that we don't have to hear the latest bluster and spin that his agent spoon feeds the media.

IMO the senior hurling final quote is a political quote that some Irish people hold on to and keep saying it long past its sell by date. ... 16 years ago at this point :/

He will be sandwiched between Chris Evans Breakfast show and Jayne Middlemiss Afternoon show that is like two of the 90's to the late 00's Big Breakfast, Loaded, FHM, Love Island etc UK Lad culture mainstays right there.

Ryan Tubrity the radio host sticks like a sore thumb between them and with a lot of there hosts on Virgin Radio he just doesn't seem to fit.

Maybe Virgin are trying something different and maybe a few friends helped pull a few strings to help him out.

Evan's has always had a good relationship with Irish acts it was him who gave Zig & Zag their UK break in the 90's

I did say him and his wife Jenny.

Well the chat part was never exactly his forte. I assume he won't have a team of researchers with him to furnish him with prompt cards with the questions on it.

Can’t help but think this is an effort to catch the Irish market and make a few more Bob - primarily though I wonder how a currently unknown Irish presenter will go down in the UK ?

He’s not Norton; nor of course is he Wogan; he could majorly mess this up with just the wrong tone or spouting rubbish about some news story -it’s a curiosity about a guy who’s known for literally nothing bar trying to pretend he’s Mr. Christmas for one night a year - it’s actually quite a poor reflection on his term at RTÉ - Kenny was The Plank, yes, but he was and is a bloody good current affairs presenter and brilliant on radio; Tubridy is much better on radio than TV but he’s so “light” on radio - I just don’t know what he could possibly bring to a show bar whatever anyone who’s born and reared in Ireland could bring- an Irish accent.

All I can do is quote the bit from the article I posted yesterday

It may be the case there's no agent now, but can you imagine the conversation:-

We want huge money for Ray

He's a bit sh!t on the buttons and he hasn't had a sponsor for 4 years

Yeah, but we'll go else where otherwise

Ok, see ya, bye

They're dying to get rid - It was a huge mistake

Especially as well when he’s replacing Eddie Temple Morris, who was an MTV VJ around the same time you mentioned when Evans and Middlemiss were at their peak. He’d be a real music head as well - indie, dance… Definitely not replacing like for like anyway!

It has to be a genuine attempt by virgin to test the syndicate model of broadcasting in Ireland from the UK. Costs. Controversy sells and Tubs has that in spades right now. Q102 won't be expected to have a large audience, just grow an audience share and prove the concept can work. Tubs is an experiment.

Never listened to him, probably won't in future. RTE will be delighted he is away. They can say the problem is gone and we can all forget about the rest of the mess. Send on the millions.

I've said here before, Tubs was just the tip of the iceberg and not the real problem. There is zero corporate governance in RTE as it's not their money and they don't need to balance any books. Nothing has changed except the problem child has moved away.

Your interpretation is closer to my own to be honest.

Might be a good angle for a story for an Irish newspaper. Good journos are always looking for a local angle when it comes to this type of story.

Regards...jmcc