RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Francis McM · 06-07-2023 5:16pm

I turn off the tv whenever Marty Morrissey appears, will throw the remote through it now.

How much more of this sort of crap goes on? One rte presenter when he had a few drinks on him at a wedding was heard boast how he never had to pay for hotels, he just gave them "free" plugs on the radio. At your and my expense in the long run.

realdanbreen · 06-07-2023 5:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814314#Comment_120814314

Marty wouldn't care he wouldn't be paying the panel beater! Overpaid leeches the lot of them!

elefant · 06-07-2023 5:23pm

I'd be interested to know how they square the argument they need to pay huge wages to top talent to stop them working elsewhere, while being happy enough to allow them work elsewhere for nothing!

NIMAN · 06-07-2023 5:28pm

Marty will get a lot of stick for this, but hands up anyone who thinks he isn't the only person working in rte with a gifted car.

quartz1 · 06-07-2023 5:28pm

It would be very interesting to see a breakdown of the costs involved in the Musical. Somebody did well from it.

ZookeeperDub · 06-07-2023 5:29pm

So old Marty was spinning around in free wheels. Nothing mentions about him declaring it for BIK etc. Just he got a free car and never gave it back.

Like who thinks they can borrow a car and never give it back? crazy stuff going on in RTE and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

gormdubhgorm · 06-07-2023 5:30pm

None of them will be ‘got’

Marty and the car - oh sorry lads I returned it

Tubridy - Fees all legally owed etc (Just the manner he was paid them and the cover up looks bad). So nothing will happen there. Will he work for RTE again is the next question

Forbes - will likely get a lot of blame - but can play ‘mental health’ angle

Richard Collins - CFO can hide behind Forbes etc

CCO O’Leary - can say she was not made aware - not her job

Siun Ni R - can say she was never made aware etc

Noel Kelly - super agent to the ‘talent’ will no doubt inform us all - that he seeks the best deals for his clients. Gives advice as well. ‘Just business’

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All the stuff about flip flops corporate hospitality- match tickets etc etc - will result in nothing but internet memes

Strazdas · 06-07-2023 5:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814186#Comment_120814186

Yes, Tubridy's arrangement with Renault sounded far more dodgy or 'iffy'. Marty's loan of a car from them sounds mild in comparison. He adds that he never claimed travel expenses from RTE, meaning that it didn't cost the licence payer a cent overall.

claregal1 · 06-07-2023 5:30pm

In Martys statement he said he gave the car back Fri 23rd June . Did Lynch not say yesterday that the person who had the car gave it back on Tuesday?

Gusser09 · 06-07-2023 5:32pm

George Lee by the way is another who is on silly bucks. **** rename RTE to Bisto. It's a poxy gravy train.

Will_I_Amnt · 06-07-2023 5:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814206#Comment_120814206

I heard it was another Marty.....now I'm wondering did someone along the Chinese whispering line get their Marty's mixed up.....or is it actually 2 Marty's??

DeanAustin · 06-07-2023 5:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814372#Comment_120814372

Absolutely mad stuff and you can bet there will be more of this. The wanky language being used in this whole mess is nauseating. From the CFO trying to explain the three barter accounts having insisted there was only one, Dee Forbes lying through her teeth about why they were paying the agent, Marty putting this down to "an error of judgement" and so on and so on.

Lads, ye have to start being honest. Ye were doing stuff ye knew was wrong and did it anyway.

Andrea B. · 06-07-2023 5:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814377#Comment_120814377

I never heard the word "yesterday" being uttered with such smug confidence. Sits back in seat and glanced around as if he had just answered correctly in a quiz.

bucketybuck · 06-07-2023 5:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814376#Comment_120814376

You believe that he travelled the length and breadth of the country for work yet never claimed a single cent in mileage? Despite the cost of fuel these days? Because I don't.

ButtersSuki · 06-07-2023 5:35pm

Can’t believe people are out defending MM. Whilst what he did is not as blatant or as bad as what Tubs did, it’s in the same ballpark.

You can’t credibly condemn Tubs and simultaneously give MM a pass.

gormdubhgorm · 06-07-2023 5:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814385#Comment_120814385

lee ran back to RTE quickly from the Dail before his RTE sabbatical was legally up. So he would still have a job. Then they made up the environment gig for him as the economics one was gone.

claregal1 · 06-07-2023 5:37pm

So was Lynch lying yesterday or ....

elefant · 06-07-2023 5:37pm

Someone at Renault deserves a raise - they've half the national broadcaster working for them for free!

Denny61 · 06-07-2023 5:38pm

Marty also did mc for Colm quinn bmw last year...he hardly did that for free .so if he was paid for that gig .why would he do it for free for Renault..unless rte had an arrangement with Renault to supply cars to the stars in lieu of payment..as rte was holding the hard cash for them selfves and tubs

ButtersSuki · 06-07-2023 5:39pm

Seems there’s some debate now whether Kelly and Tubs’ appearances will be held in camera or in private.

Strazdas · 06-07-2023 5:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814399#Comment_120814399

Doesn't he say in his statement that he does a lot of promotional work related to the GAA? It may be that he doesn't see himself as an RTE employee exclusively.

Hungry Bear · 06-07-2023 5:40pm

This is GUBU! Flip flops, Marty Party Car wtf next!

TinyMuffin · 06-07-2023 5:41pm

2FM dj Nikki Hayes was double jobbing too to make ends meet.

Northernlily · 06-07-2023 5:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814272#Comment_120814272

Woah woah, I've been very critical of RTE from the get go. I'm just pointing out, this is a slip from him. If - in the instance, there were people entitled to a car to fulfil the requirements of their job role - Marty would be one of them.

Tubridy can get the fooking train or bus to Montrose. Same with Lottie.

What's Marty's salary?

Leg End Reject · 06-07-2023 5:41pm

I'd say a lot of presenters will be issuing regretful statements after "reflecting".

kneemos · 06-07-2023 5:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814408#Comment_120814408

They had him doing Agriculture Correspondence initially. There ain't nothing George can't do.

Atlantic Dawn · 06-07-2023 5:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814251#Comment_120814251

Marty & Bernards On The Road Again perhaps from April 2023, still up on RTE Player..

Blue Renault Clio used but it's a model which only came out in 2019 so if he first received 'the car' in 2018 did he get multiple cars or perhaps the show just randomly picked a Clio as the show car they were driving around in?

https://www.rte.ie/player/series/marty-and-bernard-on-the-road-again/SI0000006938?