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

Yeah! according to one person on X he spoke with her after Xmas and she is in recovery. But he also feels for some reason that her going to the Oireachtas wouldn't have helped.

Dee has lots of friends IMO. Clearly liked and they won't have a bad word said against here, I think they are blind, but perhaps they know something we don't… but you think they'd let us know why she was scapegoated!

Meanwhile …

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/cars/news/pat-kenny-rules-out-retirement-as-he-addresses-future-on-newstalk-after-11-years/ar-AA1y7D1b?cvid=AE3AB45AD9274EB784A26A737BDD93ED&ocid=hpmsn&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/pat-kenny-slams-anti-competitive-34599872

When quizzed on any future projects, he replied: “I always have my eyes open, but there is nothing bubbling on TV at the moment.”

But he ruled out an immediate return to television, saying: "Not at the moment. I have been so busy, I haven't a moment but I'd love to do one or two things but there is nothing bubbling at the moment. I never say never to anything. If the right thing comes along, I'll do it."

People seem to forget that Pat Tanked on TV after TLLS

The Frontline - never made any head way as a replacement for q&a

Prime Time - he said himself it he didn't really have to do much on that show

In the Round - UTV Ireland's chat show, relacing Doc Martin's 100k audience reduced to less than 50K after the first episode

Tonight with Pat Kenny - TV3 bizzare decision to name a new show Tonight when they already had one

The Big Debate with Pat Kenny - VMTV which basically took over from the Election Debates in the hope that that audience might transfer

He hasn't been on TV for 5 years, no one has noticed.

Less than 1% of the activities were in the highest category, the €10,000 plus payment band.

This is not a band, with this information I could fix the headline

RTÉ approved 2 external activities worth €1m

As the Taxpayer is funding RTE I would hope that the Govt. ensures the legislation is passed for full disclosure of these extra mural activities.

And soon, before its swallowed up in a haze of smoke and waffle from Montrosia.

Anything else is a waste of time.

If he doesn't want to I don't really see why he should retire … though his inflated ego might need a rest.

Bizarrely Kathryn Thomas has said she had a chat with Kevin Before about joining Q102, not sure why he'd care or why he'd meet with her TBH.

On the other hand according to Pat when he was their top paid Current Affairs presenter he didn't ever meet much with Kevin Before, only a lunch at one point.

I believe that she is recovering from her illness, again I am not sure what the illness is, some say it was pretty bad other say it was due to the stress cause by her actions in RTÉ.

I also believe that as next year is the 100th Anniversary of RTÉ all of the former living DGs and Chairs of the RTÉ will be out in force and that Dee and Co. will believe that all is good.

It think it will be held in UCC, so the Cork bigwigs will want one of their own there.

The Little Corporal still has plenty of influence, it would appear

My issue at the moment re: Redundancies are the number of RTÉ people that exited the company in 2024, I think that some previously signed off on redundancies on where push through in 2024. I could be wrong but that is how it seems.

I also think that if 40 people are being made redundant under the new scheme what are the doing in the meantime in their current roles if they are unnecessary.

I think over all the strategy is vague and doesn't improve the service that we currently have and that the depts should have said to RTÉ that they need to be more focused.

But it is up to the Ministers at the end of the day, but this frustration in RTÉ about the Ministers not signing off on the redundancy package should be thrown back in RTÉ's face IMO.

Others might have a better view of these redundancies, than I.

If someone on the wedge that the Dufficer has been getting for the length of time of any contract has any money or 'pension' issues one can only conclude its their own fault.

I wouldn't be losing any sleep about the high rollers of RTE on that issue, Payther.

i can assure you no sleep will be lost over that man or any of his contracting colleagues!

Dee should probably have gone in front of the Committee in hindsight seeing as there’s a pay off to be had if the questions are too hard….

I wonder will any of the more recent attendees at such committee hearing decide they need to be compensated too? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.