RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Technically, you're correct. There doesn't appear to be anything illegal or even really immoral in what he's done.

But at a time when RTE were having to cut wages for all staff and at a time of Tubridy's contract negotiations where he was also getting a pay cut in line with everyone else, RTE in order to ensure they kept Tubridy and that he'd sign a new contract had to come up with an incredibly stupid deal with a sponsor to get Tubridy more money, a deal which RTE ended up having to foot the bill for and to find ways to keep it from being made public as part of Tubridy's actual pay.

It remains to be seen if the reason for this is that Tubridy was planning on walking away and not sign a new contract (or leave The Late Late Show and just do his radio show), and that's why RTE had to try get extra money to keep him. In which case, while not illegal or immoral, f*ck Tubridy and f*ck RTE. And I would say that appears to be the more likely scenario considering most, if not all, other top RTE hosts took the pay cut like everyone else and kept going because they get paid an incredible wage anyway, and RTE didn't have to do the same thing for them as they did for Tubridy.

Yes, nothing illegal or immoral in a guy getting as much money for what he does as he can. But considering everyone else was getting pay cuts, RTE is publicly funded to a large degree, and even after the pay cut he'd be getting an enormous wage, he's done f*ck all wrong, but f*ck him regardless.

A complete revamp of RTE is long overdue...look at the top 10 earners at RTE.

If they think they can make better money elsewhere in a private company they can go, who else in there right would be paying George Lee (more like Misery) 180k plus....dont get me started on Joe Duffy 351k....

New blood is badly needed.

He was quoted as saying he happily took a pay cut as he was deeply affected by poverty.

He lied! No ifs, ands or buts about it. He lied and then sat back when RTE published false salary details.

How do people still not get this?

Ryan Tubridy knew the figure was incorrect year after year he could have done something to correct it, he did not, odd that. He said he took a pay cut....he didn't...

I would say NK management isn't exactly in the good books either at RTE, insane overinflated consultancy fees, dodgy accounts in the UK, crazy amount of money wasted by RTE.

The sh1t could really hit the fan if the fee for Patrick Kielty is released and it is bonkers. I don't think he had a queue of offers at the door tbh.

Legally, morally, ethically? There's many levels of being wrong.

In his Friday statement, he said he should have asked questions and gotten the figure corrected.

So are you accusing him of being a liar?

It's his job to commentate on public affairs from a position of integrity, respect etc.

The release of RTE pay is a media story every year.

If he was unaware of the discrepancy he is incompetent.

If he aware there goes reputation for respect and integrity.

He lied to his colleagues about the extent of his RTE pay cut. A lie by omission.

NK sent falsely described invoices to request the payment. A lie by commission.

Tubridy is a director of the company receiving the payments.

So yes, 'Tubs' did do several things wrong here.

RTE did a lot more. But Tubridy and NK are not blameless here.

Unless you think it's morally acceptable to take public funds in this underhand manner, hidden from the board?

Reading this thread, I cannot help but think how awfully twee we are as a nation. In the UK you had shady goings on with the likes of Jimmy Saville or Schofield and here we are, getting lathered about a presenter being paid less than half a million euro than he should have. I dunno, the whole thing feels utterly "Irish"😁

I get the uproar. I understand why people think NK and tubs are in the wrong.

As much as I would like tubs to be in the wrong as it would mean he would most likely be off the airways.

As I said already. It's an agents job to get the best deal for their client. As an employee it's in your interest to get the most you can for yourself.

The fact that RTE did it in the way they did is on RTE. Not tubs.

Can't belive I'm defending this buffoon.

It’s more than the top ten presenters that need looking at. What sort of money are the higher management and board on because, quite frankly, they have not proven to be deserving of 6 figure salaries.

I really see absolutely no problem.

When I first started working my starting salary was €20000 and my co-worker (same qualifications - doing the same job) was only on €15000.

my boss told me to tell nobody I was on a higher salary and if anyone asked me then I was to say I was on €15000.

in any workplace there are always different salaries - it’s part of working life

The fact he was aware is not relevant.

The fact NK was aware is not relevant.

The fact he was paid more than his colleagues is not relevant.

You can't say RTE are not a not a huge part of the issue. RTE ARE the issue.

Besides the fact he's useless. Why would someone like newstalk not hire him? Why would they care RTE took a the route they did to pay him?

Well if I were RTE now I'd be looking to getting as much advertising in now for his first show back on radio...can you imagine the listenship figures for that 1 show alone...will be massive.

Also if I was Tubs I'd open up with that first show with Simply Red's song - Money's to tight to mention

How does RTE decide the pay range for on-screen talent? Presumably, they look at an equivalent service in another country and base it off that? People seem to think they are all overpaid without any basis other than they don't personally like the content. I don't like it either, tbh but they deserve the market rate of pay for the job. I'd rather they pay the talent well, than be in a position where someone can become a "famous" in this country and make sfa.

I don't care so much about this Tubridy stuff. What I do care about is that I have made umpteen complaints about the RTE Player for over 10 years. I have submitted complaints to Government officials to try and get some sort of oversight on it. Nothing but excuses returned. I don't have a TV service but I can access the RTE Player. It rarely works yet I have to pay my TV License? That is more outrageous than Ryan Tubridy getting paid less than a million to be the most famous Irish presenter. How does our national broadcaster get away with selectively promoting national sports too? They didn't give 2 shites about LOI until Virgin started showing matches. RTE is muck but this Tubridy pay thing is low on the list of problems.

RT did not have to ask ANY QUESTION . All he needed to do is to sent a VERY BRIEF WRITTEN NOTE to RTE to tell it what his correct annual payment to his company was for services provided so would it please correct the error IN PUBLIC. If he did that one liner we would all be in a totally different space today .

IMO who knew about the deal was RT himself , his agent NK, Dee Forbes, person/s who paid the monthly payment or set up the standing order for the special payment for ‘ TALENT’ - the rest of us have ABSOLUTLY no talent but we have something else whatever that is and individuals/ confidants close to all of the above . The king with no clothes comes to mind!