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The Ryan Tubridy Show **Mod: Read OP**

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  • #7472
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,738 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    He may well be back come January or maybe by next September? -

    considering his upcoming nuptials I reckon he’ll be putting roots back down here in Ireland which will suit him far better - I wonder what sort of show will he be doing or what slot will he be offered? Or will it even be radio?


    https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/is-the-prodigal-son-returning-to-rte-rumours-of-summit-between-ryan-tubridy-and-kevin-bakhurst-sparks-talk-of-a-comeback/a394963692.html



  • #7473
    rdser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭rdser


    That they are even thinking about bringing him back is bonkers. Says it all about RTE if they are….

    A bit like FF, they haven't changed a bit.



  • #7474
    rightmove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭rightmove


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123976638#Comment_123976638

    any wonder ppl spoiling their votes in this country!!!!!



  • #7475
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭GSF


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123976638#Comment_123976638

    is this why they are delaying announcement of a new presenter for Arena? Because Tubridy once read a book he’s qualified


    if this happens Rick O Shea can feel aggrieved



  • #7476
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,738 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123976904#Comment_123976904

    If he is coming back that probably the sort of show he’d do- no-one wants to listen to his sanctimonious lectures (for the record I never did) - so things like talk radio are pretty much off limits - some sort of “arts” show would be harmless enough. He’ll probably do some TV docs with external content producers too- he’s earned bucket loads of money so he wouldn’t need much to keep him in a decent lifestyle



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  • #7477
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭GSF


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123977031#Comment_123977031

    This whole respect for Sean Rocks delayed announcement of a new presenter doesn’t really ring true for me



  • #7478
    joebloggs32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭joebloggs32


    I have always paid the TV licence even since this debacle unfolded a few years ago, but if they take him back I will never pay again



  • #7479
    ShagNastii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,600 ✭✭✭ShagNastii


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123976645#Comment_123976645

    TBF Fianna Fail weren't stupid enough to run "president Bertie" to dig up old graves.

    His return was inevitable when he paid back the Renault money. In his eyes he has a clean slate, and it must be said he was the only one of the whole debacle that came out of the PAC with an ounce of credibility.

    It's truly is bonkers of RTE to bring him back. RTE hasn't fallen apart without him. They don't need him and shouldn't want him.

    He won't get his "welcome home" appearance on the Late Late Show and if he does the jostling will be hilarious. I'd imagine it'll be akin to having Neil Armstrong and not asking him about the moon.



  • #7480
    its_steve116
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    He won't be coming back to RTÉ. Period.



  • #7481
    hawley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,635 ✭✭✭hawley


    Ryan joins a long list of great Irish people who have made a great success of going into the media show business world in the UK. I am old enough to remember Eamonn Andrew, Val Doonican, and so many more.

    Communication was the greatest fatality



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  • #7482
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭GSF


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978003#Comment_123978003

    yes he is certainly a list in the U.K. now as he takes tourists around greasy spoon cafes in London for tips



  • #7483
    hawley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,635 ✭✭✭hawley


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978036#Comment_123978036

    He hasn't mentioned that in the last week. Seems like he wants it to be forgotten now. He spoke about it relentlessly for two days. I doubt that it will go ahead now.

    Communication was the greatest fatality



  • #7484
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭GSF


    I’ve got Ralph McTell Streets of London in my head now



  • #7485
    RoTelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978003#Comment_123978003

    Both of whom where in 20s when the left for the UK.

    Val was largely music with TV special and he even made it across to the US.

    While Eamonn was a Sport commentator (boxing) and then host of What's My Line? and spend most of his career between ITV and the BBC

    Tubs went to the UK at 50* after a long career in RTÉ, he's been there 2 years and has yet to grab a show of any kind on BBC Radio let alone ITV.

    You could argue times have changed etc, but you've start the comparison.

    *correction Tubs was had just reach his 50s when he "decided" to leave for the UK.

    Post edited by RoTelly on


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



  • #7486
    RoTelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123977044#Comment_123977044

    I doubt he will take on that show. They couldn't be that stupid could they?

    Likely a indo producer has lined him up for a documentary and hence the cup of tea with KB4.


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



  • #7487
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,329 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123976638#Comment_123976638

    A "summit" FFS, the head honchos in RTE shouldn't entertain this nonsense, if he wants a job go apply for it like everyone else, instead of seeking a meeting with the CEO like you are Kofi Annan, back to save us all.

    And then throw his CV in the bin.



  • #7488
    its_steve116
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    (comment deleted)



  • #7489
    its_steve116
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123977361#Comment_123977361

    Don't worry, they won't.



  • #7490
    its_steve116
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123976638#Comment_123976638

    He won't!



  • #7491
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,738 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978550#Comment_123978550

    why or how the certainty?



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  • #7492
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,631 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978569#Comment_123978569

    License revenue dropped after all the revelations, why would RTE remotivate absenters?



  • #7493
    rightmove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭rightmove


    another take tubs back article in the indo.

    the plebs must accept.

    the spectator and times radio (neil andrews) have some good commentary on the bbc stuff. You could easily replace bbc with rte when they are talking institutional arrogance.



  • #7494
    RoTelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978714#Comment_123978714

    License fee revenue is continuing to fall, we are now at a 30% evasion rate based on 2019 figures, much high considering population growth, and with the bailout by the government why would RTÉ be motivated to do anything?

    Absenters is the new name for spongers?


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



  • #7495
    its_steve116
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123979127#Comment_123979127

    Neil Andrews? As opposed to Andrew Neil?

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bkb6sOpbpXM


  • #7496
    Hyperbollix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭Hyperbollix


    Tubs return was inevitable, only a question of when. If we cast our minds back two years, it's likely he was going to stay on at RTE after the payments scandal, all Bakhurst needed from him was some contrition and maybe a little heartfelt speech on his first monday morning back about how he accepted "some" of the blame and was immediately returning the €150k. That was all he had to do….

    But Tubs couldn't accept an iota of blame and decided to hold onto the cash for 2 years until the storm had blown over. That move clears the decks for him with RTE and Bakhurst and co can now offer their old buddy a cushy number at Montrose. I'm gonna guess autumn '26.



  • #7497
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,631 ✭✭✭yagan


    Not going to happen.

    It would be to rte what not refunding a tenent was to Jim Gavin, toxic.



  • #7498
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭GSF


    it has to be somewhere where he won’t have to interact with the public or touch current affairs- Lyric or arts programming would be a suitable hideout



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