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

Labour were on the attack about FF and SF's treatment of the Unions. I am sure Emma O'Kelly was of the same view? Where was she 7 years ago, or even 2 years ago? Her boss was flying off to NYC every 3 or so month did she ever think to ask why?

It's like the three cups and one walnut game.

Will Forbes get another job in Ireland or is it retirement for her? Maybe a seat on some board or other.

The echo chamber podcast with Keith Walsh is well worth a listen.

1. Keith says we have the worst business people running RTÉ (Why did he not speak up sooner he was with them on a good wage, he'd nothing to really loose as he says he's disposable, was he a full time employee at Communicorp, is this standard practice across broadcasting?)
2. "I would have been a eejit not to take that offer to stay with my friend!"
3. They head hunt you… you had a friend in RTÉ (Dan Healy)
4. 12 amounts per year (a monthly invoice, see my previous "hypothetical" post)
5. "You were offered an annual amount which was then split into 12 equal payments"
6. Contract 1 - 2 years, Contract 2 - 3 years, out of contract, Contract 4 - 1 year 6 months, Contract 4 - 4 months
7. He goes on to say that he has to be in everyday for work and largely has office hour work.
8. Producer basically says you at the top of your game as a National broadcaster, they really aren't going to baby you. Seriously I do goal setting in work and peer review - load of bullshit really - I do my job well and even with all of the bullshit I get little recognition
9. He got TV documentaries on the back of Breakfast Republic
10. He got to the end of 7 years and didn't see the bags of 2fm they were making? but now he distrusts them completely
11. He seems to have forgotten that he worked weekends on 2FM for 1 - 2 years after he left the breakfast show, he mentions this later on, was he still getting the same kind of money along with sitting in for Radio1 hosts?
12. Ah! He has an agent !
13. He had no one looking after him, no union, just his agent!
14. 4 months given to him on various show (he says lyric but means gold)
15. He leaves on his own accord.
16. What did he miss out on, 50% going to the tax man - he's got a bad accountant and a bad agent TBH, though when your getting 120k a year, perhaps 50% is going to the tax man.
17. There were really good contracts and one of those contracts was the one you were on!
18. He got to talk to Dee ! Oh should I pay to hear what Dee had to say for herself? Bizzare the DG would talk to him, not sure how he would have got that interview with her, she was really an odd ball DG.

Sorry Keith, while RTÉ were wrong to have to on contracts, I imagine that you had good holidays and a good job, you should complain but do I have sympathy for you? to some extent and then not much.

It's a bit of a catch 22 for her. If she starts working here again it proves she must be well enough to come in and answer questions. Plus most of her business connections and cronies would likely be here in Ireland.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/bryan-dobson-says-rte-should-32693523

Bryan you can now move on from RTÉ. What is worse "He told the RTÉ GUIDE", there are some fools in RTÉ.

So I just post this here

https://www.thesun.ie/tv/12856265/rte-fair-city-shakeup-missing-schedule-eurovision-tuesday/

Nothing to do with the schedule but to do with the "actress" from Fair City (she plays a main role)

Sorcha said: "I know I am going to be off in July and August. We are still filming four episodes a week, they are just holding one back.

"Even though we are not working, Fair City will still be on the telly and that is great for the viewers."

And the Irish actress is no stranger to the inconsistent schedule in the world of acting as she added: "Before, it could have been February before I knew what I was doing in June.

"It works well for us actors because we know we are off and we can properly go looking for work."

Sorcha continued: "I might work 12 weeks out of 52 this year and I might do 30 weeks out of 52 next year. It could be 10 weeks the following year. That is the nature of the business and that is the way it has always been.

The Irish actress revealed that the time off during the summer will allow her some freedom away from her current contract with Fair City.

She said: "We get offered contract weeks every year and some years are higher than others. For me, having two months off means I go for work and I won’t let anyone down if I get an audition and have to go into Fair City instead.

"There is a great freedom in that, you are not letting Fair City down and you are not letting anybody else down."

There is no change here for Ms Furlong, or any of the main characters, every year (potential as we have seen a 3 or 4 year contract) is sent to the main actors and they know straight off they they have 30 weeks on the soap, and it sound from Reading Mr. Tormey's and Mr. McMahon's problems that this is their normal contract for the series. And they get a substantial payment for their 30 weeks with 12 weeks off.

I don't think they believe they are kicking the can down the road BTH.

I think they think that by solving the funding issue they have solved all of the issues at RTÉ and the minister can then go and make a speech about sport or culture or organise a gathering or open some festival and largely ignore all of the cultural institutions under her portfolio until they are opening a new festival, which she can then step into open.

It sounds like hell on earth.

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You'd wonder how any of this stuff works does centre parcs actual see this as part of marketing, perhaps she went on holidays. We are not seeing any real change.

https://www.thesun.ie/tv/12859821/inside-jennifer-zamparelli-trip-longford-adventure-centre-parcs-family/

they never had any intention to change,sure why would they?theyre on the gravy train,more money is on the way,give it a bit of time to let the scandal blow over and boom!the boomy time will get even boomier for them!they will be climbing the big transmission mast and having a big collective pish off the top of it on to their funders,us, the taxpayer…tired of funding these gobshiets…