RTE's top earners - figures published

alleepally

From the Tribune today here they are for the Year 2000. The paper also published figures for 1998 and 1999. Gay Byrne was top in 1998 with 492,457. Interestingly, Gerry Ryan was on 315,954 in 98. He must be finding it hard to get by on 1/4 mill now.

Year 2000
Pat Kenny 517,234
Gerry Ryan 255,474
Marian Finucane 255,228
Gay Byrne 226,768
Dave Fanning 197,622
Mike Murphy 156,833
Miriam O Callaghan 148,116
Charlie Bird 146,855
Eamon Dunphy 130,376
George Hamilton 119,438
Joe Duggy 119,039
Johnny Giles 107,739
Bill O'Herlihy 106,334
Myles Dungan 100,113
John Kelly 96,936
Vincent Browne 90,746
Bryan Dobson 90,429
George Lee 89,902
Brian O Connell 87,546
David Hanly 86,901

mike65

Marian Finucane 255,228

Joe Duffy 119,039

If I were Dufy I'd be a little pissed-off at my pay. Maid Marian works the same hours....

Eamon Dunphy 130,376

Mucho money for old rope!

Mike.

flogen

so this is 2000? I wonder what 'inflation' has done to their wages since then... I imagine its bumped them up afew grand.

Pat Kenny, 1/2 a mil?? I heard his radio show is good, but his wages should be docked for The Late Late Show, its an atrocity.

Flogen

Originally posted by flogen

Pat Kenny, 1/2 a mil?? I heard his radio show is good, but his wages should be docked for The Late Late Show, its an atrocity.

Flogen

Agreed, it's gone downhill since dunphys show ended imho.
Half a million, how can that be justified in 2000 and theres talk on the radio today that this figure is close to one million now.
The bosses in RTÉ must be lilly livered, where could the likes of Kenny possibly go? he wouldn't get a million off TV3 in a hurry.
He might go abroad, but then Divil a small loss, theres plenty of good talent on the local stations who'd be glad to take over his radio show for less than a 100K

flogen

well said earthman, the late late show needs a serious facelift or its gonna die within the coming years, and there are many many people who could carry it better than Kenny (Infact, Gerry Kelly from UTV is an excellent interviewer IMO, and would be much better than Plank Kenny.. the difference is Kelly actually makes you believe that he cares about what hes talking about).

as for radio, there are numerous people who can work for a hell of alot less and do as good or a better job... Its a joke when RTE wont pay for Irish int. games or good homegrown shows but they will pump these half-wits full of cash to do a mediocre job.

Flogen

Cork

It is no wonder RTE lost €5 million last year after a massive licence fee hike.

Public Service Broadcaster? I wonder - how the public is being served by paying music and talk DJs massive amounts of money.

flogen

how the public is being served by paying music and talk DJs massive amounts of money.

well in fairness Cork, they are doing a good job at serving them.... staff at RTE are part of the public too :P

Flogen

Cork

But RTE is lost €5 million last year.

RTE seriously needs to become more efficent.

flogen

yeah, it was a joke (they are doing a service for themselves)

they are in a state alright, and some clever budgeting would solve that, along with some efficiency. It would also give us the money to make some Irish dramas and so on rather than relying on US/UK throw offs.

Flogen

alleepally

Good point by Earthman - where would the likes of Pat Kenny go in Ireland. I know they bring in big viewership and advertising is then at a premium but still 1/2 million for that piece of wood is over the top.

The audience is there already and if the Late Late were to be axed tomorrow and a new, fresh face installed at a fraction of the cost, I guarantee there would still be enough viewers to command the same advertising premium.

Considering these figures are 4 years out of date, I'm guessing they are all on more now.

Isn't it amazing also the way RTE had to be dragged into releasing this information. They kept saying for years that it was "commercially sensitive"... what a load of nonsense.

Wonder will Pat, Marian and Joe be discussing the news on their respective shows on Tuesday? lol.

mike65

Originally posted by alleepally


Wonder will Pat, Marian and Joe be discussing the news on their respective shows on Tuesday? lol.

Joe may have to being on a phone-in show.

Mike.

alleepally

Here's the salary bands for the mere mortals at RTE

http://www.rte.ie/about/organisation/releases/salary_scales.html