RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Feisar · 22-06-2023 3:29pm #1

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-reveals-345000-of-hidden-payments-to-ryan-tubridy/a657042070.html#:~:text=Mr%20Tubridy%20received%20two%20payments,and%20a%20payment%20for%202022).

Not a good look. I wonder did he go because this was going to come to light?

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HBC08 · 22-06-2023 3:35pm

Not on the take,nothing illegal I imagine but morally corrupt.

This fraud was receiving the first of these payments in the summer of 2020,a few weeks after him guiding us through the pandemic with sermons from the Mount every Fri night.

I would think a lot of "nasty" people are going to be saying things to him everywhere he goes.

I'm not sad,this guy is not a good person.

ElJaguar · 22-06-2023 3:44pm

RTE = Ryan Tubridy extortion

seamusk84 · 22-06-2023 3:51pm

Love the thread title :)

ZookeeperDub · 22-06-2023 3:51pm

Is anyone shocked at all by this?

The question is how many more RTE "stars" are been overpaid?

Will all of the other dirty secrets on Tubs start to come out now he isn't doing the Late Late? someone in RTE with axe to grind

kippy · 22-06-2023 3:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749620#Comment_120749620

One hundred percent this is why he left.

They've know this was coming for ages.

Very very poor accounting/reporting/morals and spending of public monies.

silliussoddius · 22-06-2023 4:05pm

But, why? And who decided it was necessary?

coolbeans · 22-06-2023 4:16pm

I remember when living in the UK he did a few weeks at the BBC hoping to do a Terry Wogan around 2015. Tubs went down like a charmless lead balloon over there which is kinda hard to do as the middle England Beeb audience loves an Irish lilt. I say this because his defenders will say 'shur if RTE didn't pay him those numbers the BBC or someone else would.' No, no they wouldn't. He seems to repel many listeners. I firmly believe he'd never have a job in broadcasting only for the obvious nepotism. His career is a bit of joke really.

Strumms · 22-06-2023 4:16pm

obviously the management of RTÉ have more then the general interest of the taxpayer, viewers and listeners in their minds…

I wouldn’t mind but the guy is a rank poor TV broadcaster… I haven’t heard much of his radio stuff but not as bad, not great….the greatest weapon in his armoury is that he has tonnes of absolute confidence but absolutely no substance, no skill , no intuitiveness or flexibility , no personality or gravitas , many people both sides of the TV screen / camera didn’t warm to him…. Yet this…. why ? look at the likes of Jay Leno, Conan, Parkinson, Letterman, Jimmy Fallon……then… Tubridy 😏 In terms of basic ability, warmth, intelligence, humour / comedy, relatability, likability the aforementioned are light years ahead…

yet RTÉ continues to break the bank to ensure his financial wellbeing…. Superb. Few hundred grand….FFS.

Think of that when your license fee is due.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0622/1390630-rte-statement/

awec · 22-06-2023 4:20pm

Admin voice: I changed the original title of this thread, as I do not believe there has been any suggestion so far of any wrongdoing by Ryan Tubridy himself.

Please be mindful of what you post, and refrain from speculation or unsubstantiated allegations.

odyssey06 · 22-06-2023 4:22pm

Curious as to who the commercial partner was - Renault Ireland iirc were the main sponsors of the LL in the period?

baldbear · 22-06-2023 4:23pm

It doesn't sound like he did anything wrong but it just feels wrong. A sneaky way of getting money and then you have Rte showing Kilnaskully re runs from 2007.

odyssey06 · 22-06-2023 4:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749854#Comment_120749854

It makes a mockery of the information RTE publishes about the earnings of its presenters, when significant sums like this as hidden away.

And then as you say RTE plead the poor mouth when there does not seem to be commercial justification for overpaying presenters like this.

satguy · 22-06-2023 4:25pm

When Mary Lou is in the big seat, The first thing SF should look at is RTE.

It is well time we were rid of this shower..

coolbeans · 22-06-2023 4:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749854#Comment_120749854

Those reruns are the best thing on RTE atm!

awec · 22-06-2023 4:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749863#Comment_120749863

Yea the issue here is with RTE, not Ryan Tubridy.

It's not his responsibility to report his salary.

jack of all · 22-06-2023 4:28pm

I watch very little television anyway, especially so during the summer but this really pisses me off. Especially considering I only renewed my licence last week? Can I ask for a small rebate? RTE can forget about banging their drum for an increase in the licence fee now, what a joke.

Sigma101 · 22-06-2023 4:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749854#Comment_120749854

Well RTE certainly did something wrong. They lied to the people. Even their own chairperson admits it was “a serious breach of trust with the public”.

From the IT:

hamburgham · 22-06-2023 4:36pm

Be kind to Ryan.

Trampas · 22-06-2023 4:37pm

Is it tubs or it is nk behind this? It’s scandalous that nk have so many people working in the place

StevenToast · 22-06-2023 4:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749901#Comment_120749901

And Tubridy sitting back watching these bùllshit figures being published laughing at the Irish public "suckers"......

gifted · 22-06-2023 4:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749874#Comment_120749874

In fairness, he should have highlighted it when his declared salary for the ladt few years was revealed......his silence at the time more than implicates him now.

Cyrus · 22-06-2023 4:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749818#Comment_120749818

He may not be Leno or Letterman, but he is paid a miniscule fraction of what they get also.

I think people are blaming the wrong person here, Tubridy negotiated a deal, RTE agreed, they dropped the ball on the commercial sponsorship side but still owed him the money, thats on them not him.

kazamo · 22-06-2023 4:41pm

I now understand why RTE wants a broadcasting charge. Must be hard to stay afloat with secret payments 😒😒

Leg End Reject · 22-06-2023 4:45pm

Make sure to pay your tv licence to keep the gravy train going.

artanevilla · 22-06-2023 4:50pm

Report to the TV licence inspector next time he's around that you paid 160 quid for the licence. In actual fact do not pay and if they say anything just say you paid less than declared.

odyssey06 · 22-06-2023 4:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749956#Comment_120749956

I shop in Supervalu, and Supervalu advertise on RTE. Therefore, I have paid my licence fee by proxy.

I like it :()

Asus X540L · 22-06-2023 4:53pm

Langer.

ZeroThreat · 22-06-2023 4:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749944#Comment_120749944

IT'S THE LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kazamo · 22-06-2023 5:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749854#Comment_120749854

Sorry, but he did do something wrong.

Every year RTE published the wrong figure for his salary and he never opened his mouth. He was happy to have the lower number and him pretend that he was earning far less.

All those involved in the cover up……….heads should roll for this, but we will have a big review/audit and it will all be chalked down to a systems failure and all remain in situ.

RTE…….Rogues Thrive ‘Ere

landofthetree · 22-06-2023 5:10pm

RTE. The truth matters.

Lol.

22-06-2023 5:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750052#Comment_120750052

it’s very interesting that TLLS finishes for the season, Ryan isn’t coming back, now we’re finding out this..

me thinks he was getting out of dodge. Couldn’t see many people tuning into TLLS later this year after this if Ryan was host (if they do at all).

thundering disgrace though. But cry more about how you need more money..

brokenbad · 22-06-2023 5:14pm

€5k a week take home for Tubs....nice work if you can get it.

Major coincidence between his departure a few weeks ago and this story emerging now.

Would make a great Prime Time Investigates.....oh wait 😮

rovers_runner · 22-06-2023 5:15pm

Wonder how much this equates to in marching powder?

Cyrus · 22-06-2023 5:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750052#Comment_120750052

it wasnt far less, it was 15% less, either way people think its a fortune, lets face it, to the average joe 440k or 515k still seems like mega bucks. It wasnt his job to report it, and there could well be an argument that technically his salary was 440k and the 75k sponsoship had a different definition.

people are blaming the wrong person.

BagofWeed · 22-06-2023 5:18pm

Glad I've never paid the license fee.

kazamo · 22-06-2023 5:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750062#Comment_120750062

More intrigued that Dee Forbes had her leaving drinks last week and this comes out while she is on leave, but not returning before her contract ends.

Lot of ducks were lined up before this broke…..but that’s just a big coincidence.

22-06-2023 5:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750087#Comment_120750087

Surely not his job but tell you what if you think that kind of money being hidden under the table is acceptable you need to wake up.

Ryan is complicit. It suited him to keep it quiet. If it didn’t he wouldn’t have kept it quiet.

kazamo · 22-06-2023 5:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750087#Comment_120750087

Tubs and the others covering this up are to blame. Seems very convenient that every year the underreporting got him under the 500k that RTE presenters seem to be fearful of since the crash.

Presenting Ryan Tubridy as the hapless victim in all this is beyond laughable

ButtersSuki · 22-06-2023 5:23pm

Captain Kindness is now Captain Hypocrisy I see.

Cyrus · 22-06-2023 5:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750115#Comment_120750115

Maybe, maybe not, itll be interesting to see what he has to say.

I wouldnt agree the money was hidden under the table, it was recorded, but appears not have been attributed correctly to him, at least publicly.

Im plenty awake, just not woke ;)

landofthetree · 22-06-2023 5:23pm

Its time to disband RTE. Its going to fall further and futher behind with more and more stream services appearing. It has no future with such a small revenue.

Cyrus · 22-06-2023 5:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750128#Comment_120750128

i dont think i have presented him as a hapless victim, im suggesting your ire is missplaced.

gifted · 22-06-2023 5:24pm

Look, it's Ireland,

He'll come out on the radio or another chat show with one of the other RTE cronies and apologise for the upset he has caused and he should have apologised. He'll get a round of applause from a very carefully selected studio audience and that will be it...

This is Ireland and we don't do accountability......especially the rich and shameless

22-06-2023 5:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750132#Comment_120750132

ah now look €350k doesn’t get lost in the paperwork. It wasn’t declared because they were keeping it hush.

Im sorry but I don’t believe in coincidence and doubly so when everything’s just too convenient.

Leg End Reject · 22-06-2023 5:25pm

I'm sure the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are chomping at the bit to snap up all the super-talented RTE stars if heads start to roll.

Oh, wait ...

22-06-2023 5:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750147#Comment_120750147

some of them would be lucky to get a gig in a school play in fairness 😂

Brussels Sprout · 22-06-2023 5:27pm

Irish Times knocking it out of the park with their picture selection:

gormdubhgorm · 22-06-2023 5:27pm

In my view RTE should cut the TV licence as a gesture of good faith. This was underhanded and sneaky.

Cyrus · 22-06-2023 5:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750145#Comment_120750145

But it wasnt lost in the paperwork, they recorded a cost in each year it just wasnt attributed to Tubridy.

22-06-2023 5:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120750158#Comment_120750158

and you honestly think that was by accident? I mean honestly

RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

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