RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Aren't we all here because of RTE is suspected to be an enormously corrupt organisation? All talent is questionable, I have plenty of friends who think Led Zeppelin are just noise, or The Stone Roses songs all sound the same, yet both of those bands have a gigantic following.

RTE's pool of 'talent' is small, and in that pool, it is often argued how many of them got there on their own merit. I don't think it is debated whether or not RT did, or Lottie Ryan etc. (I still do not even know what show she presents, after looking her up on the RTE 2FM site and elsewhere) got there using their talent. But Tubridy's ability as the front of a show has always been questioned, and not by a small group. He could be interviewing somebody about winning the lottery and getting into the Guinness book of records for eating beans, yet he will have researchers find out if anyone in their extended family has cancer, so that he can focus on that for the larger part of the interview. He is a miserable fecker.

As for RTE producing quality, they have their moments. Reeling in the years, Love/Hate, Young Offenders, paths to freedom, Kin among others. But the shows that require a presenter is where they mostly fall down flat on their faces.

Saying that, would most polls not be many people of the same opinion, especially polls that are heavily lobsided? If you held a similar poll would they all suggest that RTE should continue to use contracters with agents the way that they have been, and that it is full of talent?

I doubt it.

If Googlebox was on RTE, how many of the people on it would suddenly become part of the NKM stable?

It is glaringly obvious, particularly in the past week, that commonsense, not 'the market' needs to dictate salary rates. The expose of woeful incompetence, deviousness and lack of professional and moral integrity shown by current senior management, at RTE, all on salaries well in excess of 200k, illustrates just exactly the calibre of people we get when bloated over inflated wages are the motivator. We don't get the best people by offering super salaries - we get the worst, the very worst. Opportunists, ethically and morally bankrupt hustlers and scammers. Haven't we had enough of that from the bank bailout? and Ministers of Finance who don't hold bank accounts but got their money from winning on the horses and dig-outs.

The calibre of people we need in rte and in all organisations and professions, are those who value diligence, honesty and integriy above all else. Strangely enough people with these character traits are nearly always more competant and effective at their job than those whose sole motivation is money.

I remember seeing a clip of Jimmy McCarthy singing No Frontiers on TLLS and he was just giving a snippet of the first verse. And Ryan suddenly goes do the second verse for your Dad - just so weird, manipulative - just say let's have the second verse, please or keep going. Just no need for it, bringing up a dead father. Again, the obsession with the morbid.

I’m only seeing the story about Lottie Ryan. Jesus Christ have they no self awareness at all ? A day after the tubridy story broke and she filed something for Toyota I think it was on the RTE campus.

She’s a Mickey Mouse messer of a “broadcaster.” Twas to be expected.

None of current executive board are at that calibre. Kermit I don't know you but I think you could do a better job then the current board. They actually disprove your point.

So if RTÉ need serious people, your suggesting that they should pay double what their current cast of Execs get? You can be guaranteed that Bakhurst and Williams were on more than the DG as Managing Director of News and Current Affairs.

That should have been done years ago. Ridiculous.

There are plans afoot to streamline and scale down RTE ... break it into 2 entities and differentiate between the public tax payer and licence money .... and the advertising and commercial money .... 55% of all comes from the former ....

I do not think anyone would miss much of what RTE do should it suddenly disappear .... and it is very clear the station has failed/failed much of the Irish public ...

Starting off it is very evident that Ryan Tubridy should not come back ... and that the pay of everyone else is capped/they do more work .... it is ridiculous that people get paid 200K upwards for doing just 1 or 2 shows and work around 10 hours max .... no one else in any other job gets that .... it is time all of these guys get paid what they deserve per hour like everyone else does ...

After that all that reality TV trash like Dancing with the 'Stars', First Dates Ireland, Operation Transformation, et al needs to go .... on way too long and that audience has had it too good for too long ... time others get a look in ...

2FM needs to go ... a station dedicated to only the worst modern music and closes itself off from everything else .... it is time music radio educates us rather than pushes modern drivel made by RTE cronies at us ... ditto for music on the LLS and other chatshows .... we have had way too much from modern space age musical cowboys with little talent torturing us with modern country music, contemporary songsmith music and boybands ..... all these have had it too good for too long to the detriment to all other types of music .... it also would not be a bad idea to get out of the Eurovision too ....

Comedy is every bit as bad as music ... sick to my teeth of seeing the likes of Alison Spittle, PJ Gallagher, Maura and Maeve Higgins, imitators of politicians, Mrs Brown, wannabe Mrs Brown shows, et al down the years ... none of them are funny and/or have run their course as is the case with Mrs Brown .... the fact that Mrs Brown was about the 'best' on last Christmas day on RTE says it all ...

Changing sets, theme tunes, etc. also needs to stop .... LLS looking right at you! ... how many times did Tubridy change his set? The theme tune was changed by Pat Kenny ... and changed back by Tubridy ... Kielty probably had/has plans to change both the theme tune and the set yet again ... all costs money ... ditto the news .... how many times has the news set been changed at this stage?? ...

It is clear RTE has been hemorrhaging money by giving it to overpaid presenters who are not as talented or as hard working as we are lead to believe .... as well as squandering it on useless reality TV programmes tailored for the canteen guest list that appear on the LLS .... and to change sets, promote poor music and comedy acts, etc. .... it is time the people have a say and that the public broadcaster becomes that again and not a promotional tool of Noel Kelly, Imelda May's management, Dermot Kennedy's management, et al.