Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

Eimear Cusack leaves RTÉ today. She over saw the payment of an Exit fee to the very organized CFO Breda O’Keeffe. She also stood over a HR system that was never implemented.

It's great to see these White South African's do so well in RTÉ!

As D4bres would say "Diplomatic Immunity"

KB4 got his pay rise or at least got past the Minister hurdle next to Public Expenditure.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/media-minister-patrick-odonovan-signs-off-on-20000-pay-rise-for-rte-boss-in-same-week-he-demanded-review-of-unbalanced-protest-coverage/a851813854.html

It follows months of speculation around his salary following a request from the RTÉ board for what was reportedly a €50,000 rise.

A spokesperson for the Department of Public Expenditure said: “A sanction request from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport has been received in recent days, and is currently under consideration by officials.”

Great to see him get that as a pay raise, I feel the fact that RTÉ news and current affairs were on holiday last week was well deserved.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/drivetime/2022/0324/1288296-drivetime-thursday-24-march-2022//

12 mins 30 seconds in

She actually is doing what her counterpart in the SD does. Holly was on a TWIP panel, she was speaking as Ivana did there very soft, and well spoken, as someone interrupts at an opportunity in any normal debate she continues to speak regardless.

Many female politicians and interviewees do this, Sinead Burke over does it. It just a new form of speech training from the Communications clinic or some other such place.

It tries to suggest that the person they are talking with is being unreasonable. It doesn't really working with an interviewer. Ivana is a much stronger talker, but here right from the start she's softly, softly. She basically talks in a circle, and really doesn't like the question. Neither she nor the interviewer is riled but largely Sarah has the upper hand.

And in light of the controversy surrounding the exit of AK47, Sarah, a fine journalist, was able to adequately rattle the Labour leader, enough for Bakic to quietly try to shut her down, in a very polite manner.

I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah makes a return to Newstalk TBH.

I think NK still has a rolodex and if your not in there you not a celebrity !

https://www.thesun.ie/tv/16846975/rte-dermot-bannon-celebrity-super-spaces-vogue-williams/

Vogue - off of the Fairy ads (Remember Marty used to be on the Daz ads)

Joanne McNally - That must be a 2for, get Vogue get Joanne.

Clodagh McKenna - a cook that was on the TV at some point?

Andrew Porter - who? famous, let me get you the standard responce if you don't know who they are why do you care, I don't

Chupi Sweetman - Who? owns the lollypops

Aidan Gillen - I have been on The Wire, I play the same smary role in everything, but at least I am a tiny bit famous

Camille O'Sullivan - Of the O'Sullivan of Cobh no doubt !

Don Mescal - No idea.

Aidan Gillen & singer Camille O'Sullivan are a couple - they often appear on RTE stuff as a pair e.g.

Pat O'Mahony visits the home of Aidan Gillen and Camille O'Sullivan and explores the record collection they have both amassed.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/22177606/

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-sent-41-staff-and-contractors-over-to-czechia-to-cover-world-cup-play-off-semi-final/a195381927.html

It should be noted that no other public service broadcaster in the world publishes such details. However, RTÉ will be doing so in the spirit of openness and transparency.

They really don't get it do they. RTÉ are wonderful aren't they!

intriguingly from the piece on the Prague junket there’s no final cost available yet. Any financial controller worth his salt would have those in days and certainly no later than a working week after the event closed. RTE really do operate in a different planet to the rest of us.

reading between the lines the 2 commercial sponsorship people who went I would assume given how these things work were I would suspect there to accompany guests of RTÉ. That’s a question I’d like answered tbh.

The commercial arm should not be so closely involved in editorial decisions. Your suggesting a type of agreement like that between RTÉ and Renault for commercial services from RTÉ contractors and staff.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-stopped-veteran-journalist-barry-cummins-from-hosting-missing-persons-event-he-co-founded/a1055698920.html

The former RTÉ journalist Barry Cummins became disillusioned with the broadcaster after management stopped him from hosting a national event he co-founded to remember missing people.

The veteran reporter and author helped to co-ordinate the first National Missing Persons Day in 2013. It is now an annual event.

I find it odd that a journalist would create a charity that relates to his brief while he was still a working journalist.

The veto was a fallout from the financial scandals that plunged the broadcaster into crisis.

Doesnt really make sense that it would be a financial issue, presumably he does everything related to that without pay. But its odd to have him there with Ministers and Gardai and relatives etc as not a journalist while also being a journalist.

Noel won’t be happy…..

Thankfully Kathryn Thomas has been able to secure some side income with a social media campaign promoting the joys of Shannon Airport and a free family visit to a musical in London for her and her family courtesy of Bord Gais Energy Theatre.

Well I assume they were enjoying their first class ride on the gravy train that is RTÉ…..

I do recall a gentleman who would have intimate knowledge and detail about such matters telling me that the fury and rage within RTÉ over the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal was not so much that he and his agent were caught, but that the fallout would potentially bring deeper scrutiny on the rest of them. It’s an interesting perspective so to speak.

The unions in RTE must have done an excellent job over the years. Salaries of ordinary staff way above public sector norms, nobosy overburdened due to overstaffing etc etc.