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

I wonder if he could become a literary critic or talent scout in the publishing industry. Some of those people would be on a high salary. He seems to love that world and would have a lot of contacts in the industry. Unfortunately, it looks like his broadcasting reputation is irreparably damaged in Ireland.

Both of those roles are pretty sought after.

Generally the people in them have years of experience in publishing, with masters in creative writing, literary critism or publishing.

They might have him read the slush pile if he is lucky. But the pay will minimum wage, and it is not as if he is actually that well read. He reads mostly pot boilers and trashy novels.

Unless his one of his other grandparents was the of a publishing house, it wont be happening.

would anything in Rte be improved by Tubridy rejoining? If no, then move on.

@RoTelly

My take from that piece in last weeks Irish Times is that RTE is restructuring into simply a national broadcaster. All those celebrity shows don't need to be actually made by RTE when the private sector can deliver.

I guess it comes down to the Fair City question. Is a soap opera a question of national infrastructure?

My answer would be no, whereas a slot like the Late Late Show would be because aside from the celebs that pass through it is still a great platform for human stories of national interest to be disseminated. Likewise the news service and documentary service are of national benefit.

Property porn masquerading as documentary, of which RTE have been way too dependent, is not of national interest.

Kids TV needs to claimed back from Youtube and needs investment as a national interest.

Why is this even a topic for discussion? he is off with his Late Show and Bookshelf podcasts and other great projects, having left Virgin Media on his own accord. Let Tubridy be Tubridy.

There is only one person, and his agent, who would benefit from Ryan Tubridy going back to the Late Late. I've not heard any one miss him online or in person. I've never heard, back in the good old days of the Late Late when Ryan was presenting. Remember he had to follow Pat Kenny into the role.

The Ryan and NK fans are again to recreate the situation where they get a 700K salary from a very compliant management, rather than accept reality and thank their lucky stars that they benefitted from that management's lack of backbone for more than a decade.

The constant narrative about Ryan and RTE is that they were the only ones stupid enough to overpay him for years. Otherwise, why not just do what he does best on an equivalent of Q102.

There were quite a few celebrities dying this week - has he done any obituaries yet?

He can’t go back to the Late Late because he quit that quite independently of the payments scandal because he was tired of being in the public eye and he was burnt out. It’s terrible to think some people want to risk his health by pushing him back onto television

All the people who agree with me are fair.

No. If you can't answer those who oppose your point of view then its on you. If you only can repeat the same argument over and over again, page after page, then maybe you need to reflect on your position. I know I would.

In a community like this, if you are unable to win people over with your argument, then insinuating that they are being unfair is play school stuff. Only those who agree with me are fair, and fact based, to Ryan Tubridy.

Also, in general, I try not to edit posts after they have been quoted, cos it can gives a misleading impression of the conversation. That's just me.

Anyway, let's keep NK in the loop on just how unpopular his star is.