RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Tubridy's hubris and arrogance got the better of him. He just can't keep his mouth shut.

Few things to be ironed out here. Tubridy's pay must be stopped tomorrow, and Bakhurst needs to clarify that. He also needs to rule out Tubridy returning on his watch. And he may have to face down a spurious lawsuit from the Tubridy camp.

I hope we've seen the last of Tubridy on RTE and given it was all he had (no nepotism strings to pull elsewhere) it has to be career ending.

This line for an old interview he gave is what has ultimately done him in.

"I've taken a pay cut before, I took over 30pc the last time and they've asked for more, which would bring it up to about 45pc or thereabouts since I took 'The Late Late Show'," he said. And when it comes to this sort of issue that's not something I've been found wanting in, and that continues to be the case."

He was ask about this quote in those committee meetings and came out with this, frankly unbelievable, prepared line that payments from the Renault deal were separate from his RTÉ salary. Thereby. according to him, he wasn't lying in that interview. This prepared line was repeated a number of times over the course of that day by both himself and NK.

Kevin Bakhurst, said that evening that what they were asserting was not logical and that both payments, “should be seen as part of his pay package”.

knowing what Bakhurst had publicly said about that claim, he then doubles down on it again in that statement he released yesterday and there ended his RTE career.

It's really a case of only one turd down but many more to go in the second flush.

I can't believe it, have been offline all night as I was at a footy match.

Just logged in and over the moon with the news.

Fair play to Bakhurst, he grew a set.

C'mon now - he needs every penny he's got to survive

And it's even funnier than the Toyman basically got himself sacked. Had he said nothing, he'd have been back on air in a couple of weeks.

What a day

Next on the chopping block in no particular order should be boring ray darcy, lottie ryan, joe duffy, doireann garrihy. Start with those 4 then work the way down the list of others. These bunch are some of the most boring, obnoxious, talent less hacks allowed on the airways. Dave Fanning should also be adding cos he has gone off the deep end, he was good back in the day but he seems a few sandwiches short of a full picnic basket now with his latest round of comments.

But if we didnt pay Joe Duffy and Ray Darcy 350k surely CNN or MSNBC would be tripping over themselves to hire them?

No?

Might be just as well. Look what happened when a certain former celebrity was allowed make a comment.

Hopefully the prime RTE C U next Tuesday aka Kathryn Thomas has put herself behind the 8 ball by forcing her massive arse into the Rose of Tralee proceedings.

Would be delicious if she also make a rod for her own back.

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In fairness, did anyone here predict that Tubridy would be gone for the stated reason: i.e. appearing "to question the basis for the necessary restatement of fees paid for services"?

Basically it shows him for what he is - thinking he is better than everyone else, throwing his employer under the bus and expecting no comeuppance, only this time his big mouth got called out

What do we need RTE for anyway let it burn down -I mean who watches it anymore no need for it

They don't do misery slots or questions about Irish connections on US or UK talkshows so its a no go area. Plus he said he'd never move.