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

Ah yes the socially distanced concert where Eamon Ryan's brother's company, Medmark, was awarded the contract to do Covid testing for all the attendees.

she stated that it was early Thursday, “it was made known” by whom? Yet no one asked her who told her. Something very fishy in her “detail”.

she wants transparency, yet certain aspects of what she conveys is as clear as mud.

she can remember every detail of conversations and even the words used, with regards to the ex-chair but not in relation to who told her what after these so-called lies were told to her? I personally, do not believe a word this woman says.

she absolutely threw Bakhurst under the bus. If it were me in his position, I would resign! Money is one thing, but to be roasted in public…thanks.. no money is worth that.

What's his package like? Was it already negotiated or is it to be decided?

I’ve missed some of this, can someone explain the significance of the letter and the threat of resignation?

Was this just a bit of a Henry Sellers type hissy fit, it’s not as if there would be drastic repercussions to anyone resigning from the gravy train.

Imagine if in the early 1990s you had an Aer Lingus support levy on your Ryanair ticket.

That's what paying the TV licence feels like today.

Is there even a dog?

Its about the only thing left that hasn't been blamed and/or thrown under the bus, the fact we haven't heard about it means its probably covered under a confidentiality agreement for its exit package.

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Well there’s been a few thrown under a bus

Not sure that it would be commercially viable as a subscription service and that would also defeat the whole public service broadcaster rationale. If part of RTE wants to play in the commercial world and go to Pay TV, the quote from Sergeant Steiner springs to mind: "And I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow". The pampered prima donnas of RTE management might be able to convince a useless media minister that they are worth their exorbitant salaries but in Pay TV, if they don't get subscribers then the service doesn't survive. Without a licence fee and continual bailouts, RTE, as it exists now, would not survive.

There is no easy fix and the minister is simply not up to the job. The first step in setting RTE on the road to survival would be to fire Martin and replace her with someone competent. But that's another problem with this government.

Regards...jmcc