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

Irish broadcaster Ryan Tubridy has repaid RTÉ a sum of €150,000 he received as part of a controversial payment deal made in 2020.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ryan-tubridy-repays-150000-at-centre-of-rte-payments-scandal/a1829990172.html

Now Ryan, can you cover the seven or eight figures of licence income RTÉ have lost that can be blamed (accurately or not) on this scandal…

Oh he' ll be back on air soon. ..no doubt. This probably being done before the announcement of the winter schedule for that very reason.

best laugh I’ve had all day. thank you. I needed that.

"It does to my satisfaction as it explains why he didn't bring it up in his 'defence' in front of the Oireachtas."

Well he did, it was in number seven in his list of RTE untruths that he presented in his opening statement.

Meanwhile:

Quote below from the IT

Ryan Tubridy has announced he has paid RTÉ €150,000 in connection with controversial payments made to him that plunged the broadcaster into controversy and led to him leaving the station almost two years ago.

“Earlier today I made a payment of €150,000 to RTÉ,” Mr Tubridy said in a statement on Friday afternoon.

“I made this payment through my solicitor, without any discussions with RTÉ – or with anyone acting on their behalf – and without condition.”

The statement concluded with Mr Tubridy stressing he had “said on various occasions that I intended making this payment and I’m happy to have been able to do so today.”

Ryan Tubridy announces €150,000 payment to RTÉ after financial controversy – The Irish Times

Haters will always hate.

Nothing they hate more than to admit they were wrong.

He had no legal obligation to but obviously he felt he had a moral obligation to. Or put it another way he could never have been forced to hand back the money. It was always his choice.

Fair play to him, I don't think many people expected him to pay back the money once from a legal perspective he was in the clear. This thread is testament to that.

Yeah haters will always hate alright. Seems like some people are hating that Tubridy paid it back, given all the posts and arguments put forth trying to excuse him from doing so.

At least that question is sorted.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0808/1527560-ryan-tubridy/

"Nothing to do with citing the €120,000 figure in relation to a 'defence' against having to pay back the €150,000."

Yeah but what you said was that he didn't 'bring it up in his defence in front of the Oireactas'.

He did and I can supply a link to him saying it 'in his defence' during his opening statement.

"And anyhow, contrary to the claims made on the thread implying that Tubridy shouldn't pay it back"

Not something I ever suggested. I said it was his money and what he did with it was his business. I also said he might in the future and now he has.

I am a little disappointed however that it took him over 2 years to repay the monies owed.

I suspect that it took that time to find a way to pay it back as some have suggested here that if would be impossible to do so. Clearly, where there’s a will there’s a way.

Bravo Ryan! I look forward to your return to our screens and national radio soon!

An utterly disingenuous post from start to finish.

That's not the question that was put to you.
Where at the Oireachtas does he cite the €120,000 as a reason not to have to repay the €150,000?
He doesn't and you know it.
He brings it up for entirely separate 'defence'.

Your posts were offering up excuses as to why he didn't need to pay it back, and implying that anyone who was critical of Tubridy for not paying it back was a 'hater' (a pure drivel phrase used repeatedly in your posts when it was obvious even to you your excuses were going nowhere).

Well he belatedly did the right thing in paying back the money but there's no need for him at RTE… his much vaunted move with Q102 hasn't been a success audience wise. Those who have taken on his programmes at RTE are doing at least as well as he was.