RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Ive not read the thread but i don't get the witch hunt for Tubs tbh. Im far from a fan of his but what has he done wrong? Its not up to him how RTE handle their accounting or how they report it. If all money was properly invoiced and the appropriate taxes paid by him / his agent, whats the problem? Is it to do with what he represents ie, a bit of a posh boy from a privileged background rather than what he's actually done, which is the exact same thing anyone in his position would have done.

The governance of RTE is shambolic clearly but again, thats not his cross to carry.

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When I think of the money that someone like Joe Duffy is on - 351,000 a year. And then someone like Catriona Perry is lost to the BBC, that makes me angry. She's probably better off though.

Am I right in thinking that the additional payments were some form of fee that would result in Tubs doing publicity stuff? If so, its not as if he was getting back handers for no apparent reason. Ethically, its a bit gray in fairness considering he didnt fess up from the get go but in the grand scheme of things, its fairly effin vanilla and the blame rests imo solely with RTE. Unless it comes out that he contractually made them keep these payments off the public record, Im failing to see the outrage. As I said in my last post, if I was in his shoes you can bet your bottom dollar I wouldn't refuse an extra €75k as Im sure 99.9% of the people commenting in here wouldn't either if they were completely honest.

He’s screwed.. the what he should known, should done etc is probably irrelevant.

he knew he was being paid quite a sum of money for additional work, that was then pulled, and he still took 150k (at a 230k) cost to the taxpayer, during austerity measures at RTE. Seems greed for cash got the better of him.

What his statement is missing (that folks likely want to see) was him saying that he did not need that money and really should not have accepted it from the taxpayer. In other words, “just because it was there for me doesn’t mean I should have grabbed it.”

Unpopular opinion but I agree with them. Although I'll probably be branded as an NKM plant, even though I only ever heard of them from Boards.

Heads absolutely should roll in RTE for what has happened here, it's inexcusable. I'd be more than happy to see salary reviews for the top earners and ties cut with NKM. And I have no time for Ryan Tubridy as a presenter either. But the personal abuse of the presenters (and callers) in several of the Radio forum threads is tiring to read and I often wondered if it could put Boards in legal hot water. My solution is to simply not watch or listen to said shows, rather than spending time listening to shows I don't like just so I can make fun of them online.

Does something have to be illegal for it to be worthy of 'outrage'? That's never been the standard in society and arguably 'outrage' is needed more for such grubby conduct because illegal activities may come with legal penalties.

Originally they were planned to have come from Renault. But Renault dropped it after the first year, RTE continued paying the 75000 a year even though Tubridy wasn't doing anything to earn it.

They are public funds, if you want to misappropriate public funds go ahead but don't be surprised if you are cut off from them in future. These payments of 75000 - well it is a lot more than that added up - looks like it will cost him far larger sums in the rest of his 'career'.

Tubridy has destroyed his reputation in this scandal, and his reputation was his earning potential. He can have the misappropriated money or his reputation but not both.

The blame doesn't rest solely with RTE because Tubridy dishonestly colluded with them to keep it quiet.

And also, as noted, he lied to his colleagues about the extent of solidarity pay cut he took. Maybe you think that's ok, but strangely enough his colleagues don't.

I guess so. I was more thinking it as regards some “official” punishment. The unofficial punishment is the one that will hurt him most, that being the public’s dismissal

Frankly, nope! Everything comes back to haunt you, one day.

any more tricks up your sleeve to get this thread closed? Imagine people talking about public figures with their real name shock horror - you better call up all the papers too - or are they “engaging in conspiracy” …

The only conspiracy here is the conspiracy to defraud the state out of half a million + by RTE and associates.

NKM is strong in this one.