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

I don't think she inherited that natural talent that her late father had.

I never watched DWTS but was waiting for something else and ended up watching about 20 minutes of the first show this year.

I had always avoided it but I thought the bit I saw was well done.

JL did a nice job given the limitations of his voice and it was quite touching.

Maybe a separate show for Euro Song do you think?

I suppose poor old Ray gets blamed for everything else so you might as well hang that one on him too 🙂

I saw Ray drop a €2 coin once and, when he bent down to pick it up, it hit him on the back of the neck.

"I don't understand RTÉ's obsession will Lottie Ryan, and I mean this not to offend Lottie it is just a criticism, but why exactly is she in RTÉ, she gets no additional feedback."

The clue is in her surname.

Not to mention that her agent could get a 9" cavity block a slot in RTE with an €80k pa salary

So, that dude is back, about that stuff you know, up in court, don't say anything but ...

The thing is ...reading twitter about it all, a tweeter pointed out that he's the only Irish Well Known Male Broadcaster that is 39, not saying that it is who we think it is but...

It just shows how RTÉ and other broadcasters have not developed many personalities meaning you can almost with certain identify the person in question... not that we will or would here on boards.

Another twitter user says ... The only famous 39 year old ?... prob no but he, whomever he is, fits the desciption ... if it is not him it is a bit it a huge embarrassment for him.

Is the Byrne there Claire Byrne? Lol, host a joke of a current affairs show, then quit it, here's an extra 100k.

At least they managed to give D'Arcy a haircut, 300k still a serious overpayment for his 'skills' though.

Derek Mooney was getting the same listeners while also presenting Winning Streak. I don't think he ever reach €200,000 per year while on the list of top 10 paid in RTÉ. You'd really wonder was The Ray D'Arcy Show on Saturday night worth €150,000?

I believe that there are others working for Indo producers getting just as much as many of RTÉ direct contractors and staff.

Dermot Bannon, Katherine Thomas, Mairead Ronan to name a few.

I remain surprised that Donacha O'Callaghan has not appear so far in the list considering his role on both 2FM and Ireland's Fittest Family. I'd also expect that the 2 presenters of DWTS should show up, and Jenny Z should have been their in 2021. Are both being paid through the production company?

3 presenters left RTÉ last year, all of them seem to be just floating on air, either they were well paid or they all came into some money. I can't imagine many people being able at 40 to be made redundant and not continue to work for a year or so, or even to risk moving country.

I remain convinced that much of this is the tip of the iceberg.

Hotel California innit

I'd love to know what RTÉ executives actually think about, I am sure they are doing something, but do they think. Do they realize that by cutting funding to Children's and Drama much of their programme sales are depleted?

1. Scrap Fair City
2. 50% pay cut for all the high earners (Duffy, Miriam, Tubridy, Darcy)
3. Scrap Late Late show - its outdated

Instant savings by implenting the above

What would you replace them with?

1. I'd cut back Fair City and produced it in line with the market, actors would see a pay cut
2. I am find with this but your not make a huge saving, I'd happily let them be stolen by other broadcasters... if they would take them.
3. I'd reduce the number of eps per year, but wouldn't axe it fully, certainly change the presenter, but would have other shows surrounding it... but not shows that end up descending into TLLS-lite

Ireland's Smartest for RTÉ but recorded in VM Studios, you'd wonder what was going on in RTÉ studios last weekend?

It is. I think it could be around the €20m mark but could be between €15m and €20m, as we know some of the actors are on between 99,000 to 150,000 for 31 weeks of filming. Way off what the market really requires IMO, reduce salaries and cut the number of episodes, the savings should go to making other dramas. IMO.

They did it back in 2016, it would be interesting to know why they didn't try to share it with other broadcasters for Euro 2020 and WC 2022. I wonder if they earned more on advertising keeping it to themselves.

Did they really save any money on Six Nations verus the last time they hosted all of the matches?