RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

20-11-2023 12:13AM

He will want to watch making gaffs such as “Ukrainians look like us (therefore it seems close to home)” and using too many references to his Irish persona… eg “I’m known as the Toyman in Ireland”’ or he’ll sell himself to audience there as the real life Alan Partridge.

jmcc · 20-11-2023 12:25AM

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That "getting mugged by God in a hoodie" thing might have been somewhat problematic.London is a big city and he's no longer in the village of Montrosia.

Regards...jmcc

fritzelly · 20-11-2023 12:26AM

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I'll be waiting for the first anti British slip up, I mean he's not known for it

jmcc · 20-11-2023 12:32AM

Perhaps his fans here can answer this one: will Tubridy choose the playlist for his slot on Virgin Radio or will it be chosen for him?

Regards...jmcc

techman1 · 20-11-2023 12:38AM

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

thats what i was thinking, if he starts discussing controversial topics like brexit or immigration he could land himself in alot of hot water. He used to do that on his RTE show but in the UK his thinking would not be mainstream because he is irish establishment. Surely Virgin should have seen that he doesn't fit in at all

HildaOgdenx · 20-11-2023 12:41AM

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That was my impression too. Senior hurling - ie superior to what he was doing before.

Laughable really - if the whole RTE thing wasn't such a mess.

And while the mess certainly cannot all be laid at his door, he played a part in the whole debacle.

With or without a hurl 🥴.

RoTelly · 20-11-2023 12:50AM

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Bob Geldof gave Zig and Zag their big break, he put them in his proposal to Channel 4 for a new Breakfast show.

LambshankRedemption · 20-11-2023 01:09AM

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If the last few months have shown anything it's that he clearly has no self awareness whatsoever. This was obvious with him releasing a statement to the public while he is in contract negotiations with RTE. That pi$$ed off KB who called a halt to contract negotiations and Ryan was out of RTE.

Footbalers are not considered the sharpest tools in the box, but even they know not to tweet or blog or say anything publicly while one of their contracts are in the process of being negotiated. High brow, supposedly well read Ryan does not have the same gumption as a centre back for Brighton and Hove Albion FC.

jmcc · 20-11-2023 01:17AM

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It was like he was institutionalised by RTE and believed that he was entitled to a job there.

Regards...jmcc

podgeandrodge · 20-11-2023 02:16AM

I googled Eddy Temple-Morris (hadn't heard of him before) but couldn't find any discussion about his losing his job?

podgeandrodge · 20-11-2023 02:50AM

Just putting this in here, lest anyone forget.

He has kept €150k funded by licence payers, that he said to the Irish people he would repay (if he couldn't fulfil the Renault deal..which will never happen) despite having bowed his head to the Oireachtas committee telling them how much he respected them and that he would do the right thing. End. Thief. Disgusting immoral pig with no respect for normal people. So, yes, I hope he fails miserably.

MrMusician18 · 20-11-2023 03:03AM

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That might be because he isn't a big name on Virgins roster. Not every personnel change is news, even radioland news - especially a presenter of an inbetweener slot on admittedly a big station but it is a massive market too.

He was there 5 years I think I read so sounds like Virgin didn't renew his contract.

jmcc · 20-11-2023 03:12AM

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He also has other interests in the business so it is not like he is a one trick pony like Tubridy.

Regards...jmcc

Oscar_Madison · 20-11-2023 08:26AM

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That will be an easy one to sort- bombard virgin radio with email queries as to why Ryan hasn’t paid back this money and saying you won’t listen to his radio show until he does - frame it as a complaint so they have to take it seriously - hell soon get the message 😀

20-11-2023 08:32AM

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There are one or two comments from British people going to miss him sprinkled in Instatubridy but these are of course removed asap to make it appear there are no disappointed listeners

20-11-2023 10:12AM

If/when Tubs gets homesick & misses Dún Laoghaire pier & Clifden, and being recognised on the street, and/or his listenership fails to materialise to the extent all had hoped for, and he gets to renegotiate a humble offering at RTE, the spiel would go:

”It’s great to be back, I missed Dún Laoghaire, all my pals at home, my bolt hole at Clifden, everything about home, it wasn’t to do with money, which doesn’t affect my soul, and though I was loved and embraced in London, I feel the love even closer and stronger back here. Great to be back & friends again!”

Ash.J.Williams · 20-11-2023 10:23AM

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Can someone photoshop tubs to look like sid vicious so we can see his punk look

Ash.J.Williams · 20-11-2023 10:25AM

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Steve Coogan is always mannerly and attentive to tubs (as he scribbles down notes foe next Partridge series)

Cluedo Monopoly · 20-11-2023 10:39AM

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I didn't realise Tubs came out with the senior hurling line. Such a fool. He absolutely raped the taxpayer for his 5 hours a week and a god awful LLS and he has the cheek to say that. Good riddance.

thesandeman · 20-11-2023 10:59AM

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He's on his way to Clifden this week so to speak.

He's turning on the Christmas lights on Friday. He's kindly doing it early so the kids can be home in time for the Toy Show.

It will actually be interesting to see if he makes any mention of the Toy Show from the stage 🤔.

LambshankRedemption · 20-11-2023 11:28AM

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I wonder does Theresa Mannion have the guts to ask him about it.

HildaOgdenx · 20-11-2023 11:29AM

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If the last few months have shown anything it's that he clearly has no self awareness whatsoever. This was obvious with him releasing a statement to the public while he is in contract negotiations with RTE. That pi$$ed off KB who called a halt to contract negotiations and Ryan was out of RTE.

It will never fail to puzzle me how anyone could reach their fifth decade without acquiring the slightest shred of self-awareness. But he did. As he has more than amply demonstrated over the years but especially since all of this blew up. I suppose it's at least partly to do with the fact that he lived a charmed life, falling in for a ridiculously overpaid job in an organisation that seems like a parallel universe to those of us who actually fund it.

I'm not going to rehash everything about the committee hearings but his demeanour throughout was very much, imo, do these people not realise who I am? As for the sending of the information at the last possible moment I still wish the committee had told him and NK that they would have to come in another day when they had had a chance to study what had been sent. It was such a lowlife 'stroke' to pull. In addition to being so disrespectful to the process.

And lastly, he obviously never had to worry about a job. As we know. Until now. Burning your bridges is seldom a good idea in any environment. But especially when it comes to your career. According to himself, he is playing senior hurling now. Leaving aside the tone deafness of using such a phrase and maybe it's just my sense of humour but ... does he know that hurling is an Irish sport...? Sorry! 😁

Boggles · 20-11-2023 11:36AM

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does he know that hurling is an Irish sport

London have an Ireland Senior Championship win.

HildaOgdenx · 20-11-2023 11:48AM

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Oh I'm well aware - thanks to a hurling-mad family - that it's played elsewhere.

Just my sense of humour, as I said. 😁

NIMAN · 20-11-2023 12:28PM

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He will no doubt call himself the Toy Man at some point. Nailed on.

Ash.J.Williams · 20-11-2023 12:35PM

The only self aware professional in this saga is Chris Evans , he knows what he's doing

jmcc · 20-11-2023 12:55PM

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It would be great if some Irish news orgs send journos to the event to question him about the 150K (and his new job, of course). Would RTE have the guts to put the boot in over his comments or will they run a "local boy does good" piece on his Clifden appearance?

Regards...jmcc

NIMAN · 20-11-2023 12:57PM

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There is no hard hitting investigative journos in Ireland any more.

They are all one cosy cartel, noone wants to ask difficult questions.

Boggles · 20-11-2023 01:08PM

It's not up to "journos" to chase the 150k.

If RTE have a legal recourse to reclaim money then that's what they should do.

AFAIK I know Turbidy had agreed to pay back the money over the course of 2 years with a 2 year contract although there was no legal obligation to do so.

The contract was pulled so therefore so was the agreement.

RTEs fault to tie the repayment into a contract offer they rescinded when they should have used the leverage at the time to get the monies back in full immediately.

jmcc · 20-11-2023 01:09PM

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And someone will point out to Virgin Radio that the "Toy Man" is a super-villain from Marvel comics. A few more gaffes like that and the Murdochs will be wondering what they've done.

Regards...jmcc

RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

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