Ryan Tubridy - From Virgin to Youtube **Mod: Read OP**

RTE’s Arena has used that venue in the past. Holds about 325 seats so at that rate and full capacity would generate about 11.5k proceeds if he can fill the venue. No idea how much it costs to hire the venue

He told everyone how happy he was when he was moving to London. Now he admits he was in a dark place. I suspect he's still in a dark place, happy people don't try so hard to tell you how happy they are.

This is why, in a TV/entertainment context, Tubridy is still seriously damaged. A critical mass of the Irish public still see him as untrustworthy, he leaves a bad taste, and that is often impossible to shake off.Tubridy’s entire public persona is built on trust and affability, yet in the eyes of the public every move he makes now is framed first by the scandal.

We’ve seen this before, Bertie Ahern and Chris DeBurgh spring to mind. The move to the UK didn’t work as we all predicted. Not because of the scandal but because he’s just not very good. Now he’s back in Ireland and flat out with “exciting projects”, a YouTube show that makes no sense, the entire time he’s got his nose pressed up against the glass at RTE begging to be taken back.

Virgin Radio cut all their daytime presenters with the exception of Chris Evans, on whom the very station is built. The rest seem to have been expensive and underperforming - even at 60,000 sterling per annum.

New Youtube show - something any of us could do - nothing special and probably doomed unless he starts getting audiences in the hundreds of thousands.

Times Radio work - the Obit thing? Something for an old stager or a work experience person to do and perhaps will not see the light of day.

TalkSport show - the sports people back from adversity thing? Again, let's see but like the Obit thing, it looks like a fob off to get Noel and Ryan to leave the PD's office.

Revamped networked weekend show in Ireland - got off to a bad start with a lot of negative reaction as beloved old stagers on various stations were replaced by this thing. It has the whiff of failure off it and probably won't last another year.

Local radio listeners still like it local and easy, especially on a Sunday morning.

The only thing that may prolong the pain is if Noel can keep supplying sponsors for the show.

Again, hardly a vote of confidence if they couldn't leave him on Q102 in Dublin in the mornings. The listener figures were declining, apparently.

As for the live "show"? Come back to us when he's filling the Convention Centre or even the 3 Arena like other Irish podcasters who didn't have a headstart of a 25 year career in the highest profile media role in the country.

Good luck to him and fair play to Noel for trying to keep him in the papers but he seems to be done.

draw me a venn diagram please !

On the importance of mental health, where are his family in all of this. If I started saying publically that I am 'in a dark place' and things like that, my family and friends would rally around to help me.

That's a wholesome adage to live by. Wise words.

If Tubridy had decided he needed a change of scenery at any other time it would be a very good news story. Taking control of his life, deciding what was best for him and his new family, kudos to the toy man.

However, that he expects people to believe that this desire to change scenery had absolutely nothing to do with his contract renewal (and lack there of), is just one more instance of Ryan, and more specifically NK productions, treating the public like **** idiots.

Ever tap him up for a few quid?

Considering he's still playing the victim perhaps he has accepted that he'll never get an RTE gig again.

The repayment of the 150K confirms that he was also in the wrong, but like Jim Gavin dragging your heels in repayment leaves a very poor impression.

Like the time he stood with his colleagues in taking a paycut, only to work surreptitiously to get RTE to guarantee payment for non existent MC events for Renault. Colleagues were apparently delighted how events transpired.

A man of his word indeed.

1) try rereading what I said.

2) He did take a paycut. Noel Kelly would have the exact details for you.