RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Typical Ireland, pay for substanard work

The report confirmed details, previously disclosed in documents provided to the Public Accounts Committee, which stated that Tubridy earned:

• €511,667 from RTÉ in 2017 (compared to his RTÉ-stated salary of €491,667)
• €545,000 from RTÉ in 2018 (compared to his RTÉ-stated salary of €495,000)
• €545,000 from RTÉ in 2019 (compared to his RTÉ-stated salary of €495,000).

Tubridy has been lying when discussing his salary for the past six years, all the time feigning solidarity with the poorest members of society. Absolutely hilarious to say that the public feel a sense of ownership over RTÉ. They don't seem to care what any of us think.

RTÉ's highest-paid presenter Ryan Tubridy said he would "not be found wanting" if asked to take another pay cut. Mr Tubridy, who earned €495,000 in 2018, said he took a 30 per cent cut the last time he was asked and would be ready to take a further 15 per cent if required by RTÉ management.

The Late Late Show presenter saw his pay decline in 2013 when his salary of €723,000 was reduced by 31 per cent to its present level of €495,000. Responding to a question about the matter after launching the annual St Vincent de Paul’s Christmas appeal, Tubridy said: “When it comes to this kind of issue, I have never been found wanting and that continues to be the case.”

Tubridy said the public feels a “great sense of ownership” over RTÉ and he hoped that they did “not lose sight of the need for public service broadcasting”.

I always Tubridy did nothing in terms of the pay but he was less than honest when RTE released his salary figures and he knew it was wrong but said and did nothing and then claimed to be taking a pay cut. The good thing to come from this is that it shows that the "talent" are way over paid and as we seen with Tubridy practically begging to come back to RTE there is no a queue of stations looking to get them. Hopefully those that negotiate these salaries for RTE will grow a spine and put significantly reduced contracts on the table for these talents, then the talent can either like it or lump it and see if they get better offers else where. I wouldn't see to many coming knocking on the likes of Brendan O'Connor or Joe Duffys door with contracts similar to what they are on now.

Popularity doesn't necessarily mean talented. Heck far more people across the globe seem to know who Enoch Burke is than Tubridy.

(That said, I understand that Enoch is a very accomplished educator, whereas Ryan is a barely passable presenter).

Neither should ever see their old roles again (for different reasons) but I still can't understand why either would want to either?

Listen ING to the reporting on the grant Thornton report on radio and convinced RT will be back.

KB doesn't have the b@lls to get rid and tubridy is going to hang on like a leech.

Maybe he like the rest of us knows he doesn't have the talent for UK radio.

When D'arcy came back to rte I remember writing somewhere that it was the place they all returned to because they took anyone in regardless of 'talent'.

Rte is a shambles. Forbes was left uncontrolled.

The rte boards should be disbanded.

KB is not the right man for the job and some have said if all of this hadn't come to light it would have all carried on unbeknownst to the public.

Really glad I have Spotify and Netflix 😁

Exactly this. What this RTE fiasco has exposed is that RTE are crap at negotiating and seemingly will pay whatever a so called "talent" asks for. Like you said when the next round of negotiations come up RTE should offer contracts of 100,000 and if they refuse they know where the door is. Also if they did leave RTE may unearth some real talented people who weren't being given a shot because the "talent".

Do the people who love RT do so on the basis of his TV work? I've never seen that so can't judge, but he is such a mediocre radio performer I can't imagine him inspiring massive devotion on the basis of that alone.

Gay Byrne was good, Pat Kenny was good in another way, Marian Finucane was good, Joe Duffy is good (irritating, but good). Tubridy not so much - it was always a relief when he took one of his days off and one of his colleagues stepped in.

Fair enough. It was more of having a realistic negotiating approach rather than a specific quantitative figure that i was attempting to convey.

It's a total cultural overhaul that is required from the top down. Senior management at RTE have been shown as totally inept.

You have said this before, I'd say your nephew would be at this point well qualified for a position as a comedy commissioning editor at RTÉ.

I'd love to get a job for 99k to do a incompetent job, hopefully one will come up in RTÉ. What does your Nephew do? Honestly interested to see what's on offer. What do you do for that matter. Your not head of comedy at RTÉ?

The time to stop Tubridy undeservedly returning to RTE is now, if only for the sake of decent RTE staff who will have to suffer him into the future.

Because once he gets his foot back in that door, he's there until old age, ie 80.

Your nephew is the exception rather than the rule. Very few under 30 are making 100k+ unless in niche roles and somehow got someone foolish enough to take a punt on them despite less than 10 years experience.

Looks like your nephew aged 2 years in the last month. No wonder he has seen extraordinary salary growth.

Well sorry, but in my opinion the €200,000 - 500,000 average coin we have been spending per person each year hasn't attracted top talent either!

I believe the management at the station who we have also been paying top coin to have put the station in to a perilous position.

Each of the threads on here that document the daily tripe being shovelled out on irish air waves is evidence of the lack of bang for buck.

Ray D'arcy - telling the nation what he had for dinner - Jenny made a Ham!

O'Callaghan asking Praveen Halappanavar, how did you feel when the doctors told you when your wife died!

Are they for real!!!!

Bankrupt the station, close it down and start again!!!!!

The 27 year old nephew already earning 100k is most likely working 40 hours a week, 48 weeks a year.

Would 100k a year attract so-called top talent working those hours? Maybe, maybe not. Would 100k a year entice top talent to work 5 hours a week, 9 months of the year? I think so. Gives plenty of time for top talent to earn money elsewhere.