The Ryan Tubridy Show **Mod: Read OP**

Don't feed the troll.

I'm no fan of bakhurst. If he'd had any backbone he wouldn't have even considered offering tubs a chance to come back to radio after showing us what a little weasel and a talentless weasel he was.

If tubs had admitted that his salary was more than declared maybe the public would have accepted an explanation and apology and accepted him back.

But the man's arrogance was his downfall.

But I do think that bakhurst is right to have publically stated that he will not deal with agents.

Forbes dealing with agents notably N K is what got them into this mess imo.

It was important that Bakhurst had to be seen to be fair. It protected RTE and left the new management more room to manoeuver on Tubridy and its other contractors. I'm not sure that it was a question of backbone so much as one of due process. He had inherited what can only be described as a highly dysfunctional organisation and was in fire-fighting mode. There were Oireachtas appearances and auditor reports to be considered. In allowing Tubridy to seal his own fate, the move by Bakhurst effectively stopped any claims that RTE treated Tubridy unfairly. That was some risky high-level corporate politics.

The political angle on this is interesting because RTE is effectively the state broadcaster and is ultimately answerable to the minister and the government. RTE had problems with licence fee non-payments and needed to be bailed out. RTE's Tubridy payments scandal created a massive political problem because all parties were piling on to criticise RTE and its previous management. RTE needs to be seen to take action having received the bailout. The organisation is to have 400 jobs cut. The salaries will have to be reviewed and the arrangements with contractors who should have been employees are also to be resolved. RTE's problems haven't ended because it dumped Tubridy.

In taking a job with a UK broadcaster for a fraction of what he was paid on RTE, Tubridy has effectively destroyed the credibility of the previous RTE management and DG and also strengthened Bakhurst's position for RTE negotiating the new contracts for RTE talent. Far from being a good example, Tubridy has become a terrible warning to other RTE contractors because it now seems that broadcasters in the Irish radio market won't pay the same as RTE even when these people become available.

Regards...jmcc

In fairness to miriam she has experience with Xmas and kids 😂

I think that's the message

https://archive.ph/0xk9V

Didn't know there were Irish app stores. The quote is a "thoughts and prayers" one from an unnamed source in that it is exactly what one would expect them to say. Don't forget who owns the London Times and the Wireless Group (Virgin's parent company).

Regards...jmcc

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That's what an agent is for: to have industry contacts. This only shows the worth of having someone like Noel Kelly on your side, like him or not.

Do you think other sponsorship deals just happen by accident?

This whole line of thinking that the Paddy Power sponsorship deal - one of the most marketing savvy companies in the UK - is somehow and indication that thing aren't going well for Tubridy is, frankly, laughable.

The gambling industry is insidious.

Some of the documentaries I've seen on it over the years are scary.

I switched off Limk 95 after the 10 am news today.

Both Claire B and Miriam far superior to RT