Noel Kelly and Tubridy submit data request

🤣🤣

His reasoning … I am going to sue and if I fail to win that I won't return the 150k, if I do win well what ever I get can be -150k.

He is certainly not helping his reputation.

I'm struggling to remember exactly but was the return of the 150k a condition of his revised radio contract (before that deal went 'tits up' due to Tubridy refusing to withdraw social media comments). Or had he agreed to return it regardless?

I'm wondering if he's withholding it as some kind of leverage. The likelihood of him returning to RTE.. particularly in light of him pursuing possible legal action.. well, that ship has not only sailed, it's far over the horizon!

one Quisling meets another!

Lets get real here. RTE is the only show in town. If he pulled his clients two things would happen.

• Guest bookers would have to stop using his clients as a crutch. Something like the LLS would change tack. Back to getting touring book authors, "uk celebs", poltical debates and probably lots of influencer shite.
• NK management will see an exodus of "talent". If you are relying on appearing on LLS six or seven times a year, along with one or two building shows on RTE. You income dries up, and you move to another agent. Virgin Media and not going to fill that void.

No one is asking them to do it for less then 50k and a bag of crisps.

There are a lot of people who there would kill for a presenting job. But RTE are largely a closed shop. Very hard to get into even with experience. I will agree that it is work some people can do and some people cannot. But a lot of the RTE top tier talent are not actually that talented. They have years of experience. But it is all at RTE.

Look at Kielty he has years of experience at the BBC, and he is doing LLS for a lot less then Tubs.

There are weekend presnters on RTE radio making a almost a quarter of a million euros for four hours of broadcasting. With almost no real experience in broadcasting.

It is not value for money.