RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

What's your question exactly?

It was denied by some of those on the RTE side that this had anything to do with him leaving the LL, as far as I can remember the CFO categorically denied it. Officially this is probably the case, but the timing does seem awfully coincidental.

I can't answer the question.

However I'm 99% sure Ryan did an interview earlier in 2023 and it sounded like he had no intention of leaving.

Then all of a sudden it was announced he was finishing.

I didn't hear of any reason given but lots of speculation about him going for president.

First people really heard of it was that statement last week.

However, I do wonder did any of the RTE staff have any idea what was going on.

RTE Board Chair Siun Ni Raghallaigh appears on RTE news last week and forgets to mention that Dee Forbes has been suspended .

Then today admits towards the end of the committee hearing that she requested Dee Forbes to resign on June 16th - contrast that to her answer at the beginning of the hearing of 'accepting ' Dee Forbes resignation.

For some reason though there is an attempt by some politicians and some media to paint an image that Siun has no responsibility yet is setting the same tone that is the core issue in this controversy .

The question is why ?

RTE needs to let these stars walk, let them see for themselves what they're worth in the real world.

When the "big threats" in UTV and Channel 4 laugh at them they'll gladly come back with their tails between their legs and work for 100k p/a.

Although, with a bit of luck and actually trying, RTE might actually find replacements with real star power and charisma delighted to get a break and work for less.

Omg. 27 pages of posts to catch up on since this morning.

Young Patrick Kielty was a very funny comedian and his documentaries on Northern Ireland are fantastic but, if I were him, I'd be giving RTÉ and this whole sh!tshow a wide berth.

Mind you, the same fella could also come in and rip the p!ss outta the whole lot of them. Interesting to see what he says / does.

Yes, their top stars seem hopelessly overpaid given that they are operating in a small market of only 5m people. They probably should be on only half their current money.

But it is a public broadcast, it should be a public service. It is fair to say.

Advertising revenue shouldn't be relevant and frankly, I'm not so sure advertising be on our national broadcaster at all. Makes more sense to do what the BBC does and not have ads.

From a presenter perspective, what are presenters on other national broadcasters with a similar population paid? Our Government's go to is Scotland:

https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/bbc-salaries-scottish-stars-among-those-earning-over-aps150k-1444827 (Some BBC Scotland presenters appear here)

I'll die on this hill and say that John Creedon is a fantastic radio host and his TV shows are excellent. Whatever they pay him isn't enough! The man is gold. I think Daithí O Sé is a pretty good presenter too, even if his show isn't really for me. RTE Radio One has some great shows on weekends, I don't listen to Claire Byrne's show often but it is pretty good. The Documentary series is also excellent. Some of the history stuff like the Famine documentary and 1916 documentary on RTE a few years ago were excellent too. I wish they would produce more stuff like that, TG4 puts them to shame on that stuff. I generally like their sports coverage. I don't see most of what is terrible on RTE as I don't actually have a TV service in my house, so I selectively choose things to watch on the RTE Player.

RTE do actually sell something in addition to the core service. GAA Go is international and didn't they sell Love/Hate? If they churn out more documentaries, they could syndicate those to the like of the history channel, NPR etc. The Irish Americans would eat it up. Likewise, some of Creedon's shows. RTE's management seems inept though and they are more interested in nepotism and shortcuts than running a good service.

There ain't one othe so called big ten earners in RTE fit to tie Nortons shoelaces.

RTE 1 Radio is way ahead of RTE television.