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

And yet go to the government every single year with cap in hand saying you're broke and need more money.

Laughable if it wasn't so serious.

Was it rounded down from 250 and that's a serious question

It looks like RTE had developed a culture of working a few years and then when you decide to leave for another job, you'll get a hefty reward.

And they are broke.

Kevin Bachurst has proved utterly disappointing by keeping Adrian Lynch and Eimear Cusack. And keeping the handshake payments culture going.

His position is becoming more and more untenable.

The Toy Show changed from a show about toys to a showcase for Tubridy's prancing about. The toys became accessories to that. Even TSTM was a continuation of Tubridy's obsession with misery. Now, they're all miserable in RTE. Le Misérable himself has got a gig on Virgin Radio.

Regards...jmcc

It was a classic case of believing your own hype. The Toy Show is clearly a huge annual event within RTE and is hyped no end by them. They clearly thought that because the TS was important to them, it must be important to everyone. Turns out it wasn't.

What's worse though is how the whole show was procured. Before even having a script they had the venue booked and locked in. Such an unproven and risky venture should have had a major element of risk sharing with the venue even if there was a substantial cost. That would have made it much easier to pull the plug when the opening days of ticket sales were so disappointing. These days it can be predicted with a good accuracy how successful a show will be based on the initial demand for tickets.

In fact the right way would have been a short run in a small theatre to prove the concept. There is often a fear of risk taking and consequently innovation is stifled in the public sector so I don't want to criticise them for trying something different. The big mistake was to go all out on a massive unproven production. Risk should always be measured. I suppose it circles back to the start of this post - they thought anything that they slapped Toy Show branding on would be loved and blinded them to the massive risk they were taking.

Indeed, my memories were of "get those fukin Billy Barry's off and back to the toys. And Dustin."

Rory's role became redundant, an exit payment was offered by RTÉ and accepted by Rory, and with no backfill being made RTÉ will recoup that payment by July of this year," 

I'm not sure they understand the word recoup?? But nothing new there.

(He got a years salary by the way)

Presumably Collins, who didn't know his own salary, got a year's pay in his exit payment as well.

Played the part convincingly I'll give him that but while we all felt bad for him at the PAC he's out the door side left with a couple of hundred thousand euros in his arse pocket for a good days work and the eye off him with an NDA issued by a sky fairy

I think RTE position is, because they are not paying him this year, or someone to replace him, they are making the money back (i.e. recouping)

Just like... if they don't spend/waste 2.2M on the Toy Show musical again this year, they are recouping the money they lost last year/or the year before!!

Can I get a refund for all my years paying, seriously can we demand

I assume they won’t let anyone else go so they can question them. Really they can’t be surprised people are not paying. Tens of thousands of people’s fee paying towards people getting golden handshake after spurring millions which should never have. Like the hse and other government departments they just spend money without care or accountability. From the corner shop to big multinationals 99% of these companies know where the money goes and someone is accountable for it. Same doesn’t seem to be in public related areas. Spend money and just ask for more when it’s running out. How many people work in public sector and just clocking in hours and add no value. Private sector and more than likely you’ll be end up doing something and make you move on if not let go

What will be his exit package? Has it been negotiated already or is it based on prior cases?