Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

So you can be dismissed on a number of ground. The employer must then give notice of the dismissal or they must pay the employee depending on the lenght of time they spend in the company. The employee may bring a case to court on Unfair dismissal.

Bakhurst would have spoken to Coveney with Coveney's lawyers present.

13 weeks no payment

13 weeks to 2 years one week

two years to 5 years two weeks

five years to 10 years four weeks

10 years to 15 years 6 weeks

15 years + 8 weeks

6 weeks pay would amount to 23k, but he could have been dismissed for gross misconduct, in reality none should have been let go until RTÉ were satisfied that they had committed gross misconducted so that no payments could be made.

But likely that the lawyers suggested an unfair dismissal case.

This has really gone off the deep end.

Regards...jmcc

Martin is just saying that to save her own ass. She has been a complete disaster and these people have been running rings around her from the start. Now either she doesn't care or she is totally out of her depth and hasn't a clue what do to.

Could I take issue with the description ‘rest of the incompetents’ on those running the place with Forbes.

A lot of folk would say they were far from incompetent, in fact they managed to run a publicly funded company as their own personal fifedom for a long long time, aggrandizing both themselves and a considerable coterie of others with eye watering wedges, while batting off all attempts to rein them in or get real ‘figures’ from them.

It was only pure chance the walls were breached after many many years of untrammeled corn holing the taxpayer.

Becoming almost untouchable.

That takes a fair bit of competence?

I will accept that critique but does it take that much competence to do what they did when no one is watching?

I see Breda resigned from her 6 directorships on the same day, 25 July 2023. She knew what was coming down the line

Christ only knows how much they gave Rory Coveney.

Give them away during the next several LLS Toy Shows.

Give gift packs to viewers at home, and can just give 'one for everyone in the audience' for the next several toy shows.

Easy peasy to cover their costs.

Well cynical does think that is the reason why she was allowed to resign to protect all their asses and as one of the TD's or Senators said at the PAC hearing the other day its very easy to blame everything on Forbes. You'd have to wonder did they get together and say Dee you resign and then pull a sickie and we will look after you when its all over.

Dee Forbes was leaving anyway before this story broke.

RTE had even decided on appointing Kevin Bakhurst after an interview process, about two months before this all started.

Asking for her resignation at the end of June 23 was a pointless act as she was going in July anyway.

I agree that more than Dee Forbes knew about this, but the committees keep referring to all their powers, time to start using them.

Think that she was suspended by the board and that RTE tried to keep that secret until it was forced to confirm.

Regards...jmcc

Thank you, I was trying to remember last night who the other candidate was.