Ryan Tubridy ; Has he paid back the Irish Tax Payer ?

How does anyone here know if it's been paid back or not? Maybe he did pay it back. Transactions between individuals and revenue are private.

Isn't there a list of tax defaulters? however the OP might be talking about the €150k RTÉ gave him for work he didn't do that he suggested he pay back at the Oireachtas.

Yes, it was asked in the Oireachtas committee a few months ago and the answer was "No".

There is a reason there is a bail out and part of that reason is the deal struck between RTÉ and Mr. Tubridy's agent (along with the flip/flops and other sundries), and the unilateral way in which the former DG signed off on that contract with no governance oversight, while it is one of the myriad of issues that RTÉ caused themselves, it is still a large part as to why RTÉ has need a bail out.

This along with the fact that RTÉ have never been a very good public service broadcaster in the past and are largely a failed organization.

You are right Tub's 150k is just one part a much large issue surrounding the ineptitude of the former RTÉ Director General and her executive board.

I'd be more interest in Dee Forbes and Jim Jennings making a statement to the Oireachtas Committee, but I believe they are very very sick, but Jim is able for a good party with his RTÉ friends.

Sorry, should of course have said 'Toy Show, the musical' my mistake.

So you've always done what you said you would do?

Never changed your mind?

Circumstances change and I adjust my actions accordingly.

Neither option are exclusive. He can have both. He's obviously doing very well without RTE.

He hasn't screwed anyone over. You are aware Tubridy didn't run RTE, he wasn't in charge of employee contracts, his only job was to present a stupid radio show and a TV programme for grandparents(excluding the toy show). He got outrageously well paid for doing so. But that's the fault of RTE.

It's just a shame people here don't hold themselves to the same standards they hold Tubridy. Quote mining history Oireachtas hearing being a very good example. Let's focus on a few words and ignore everything else he said at the hearing and since.

The reason I feel sorry for Tubridy is that he was made a scapegoat for RTE failings. It's no wonder the whole 150k mess happened when this thread shows how well deflecting works for RTE management. That's before even talking about his and other presenters salaries that cost RTE multiples of the mythical 150k.

Gosh, that almost sounds like you're a Joe Duffy 'hater' by the standard set on the thread by poster Cyclingtourist - oh wait, that was you.
Not the first time you've been critical of RTE or RTE figures on the thread… But when someone else does it, they are a 'hater'.
There's no way to read that other than as textbook double standards.

Duffy can be criticised for sure, but he was paid what was declared by him and RTE as his remuneration. If you have information to the contrary, do share.
Unlike Tubridy lying to colleagues about a fake pay cut.
With Duffy - no sham events being contrived by RTE at great expense purely to funnel money under the counter, as was arranged for and with Tubridy. All so his earnings could be under-stated to the Government and the public \ taxpayers \ licence payers.
No promises made at the Oireachtas at paying back advances for work that was done not, and is obvious to any objective observer will never be called upon to be done.

So, this is whataboutery, and an epic fail at that.

Dee has a one open for along time,

Tubridy didn't pay back the 150k and won't ever. Thread done and dusted.

What makes 150k payment important though is that it encapsulates how badly RTE negotiated with it's stars into one set of payments with one individual. Nothing about what was agreed was right. In the cold light of day it's humiliating for RTE that such a deal could ever have been agreed.