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RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

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    #20192
    iamwhoiam
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    A spectacular shooting himself in foot



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    #20193
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,528 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997096#Comment_120997096

    It does.

    Right up to the point Backhurst decided to fire him out of the cannon.

    Something KB had up his sleeve and was willing to do. Surprisingly. Not least to Tubs.

    RT, appears to me, to have been educated in business from TV programmes like Ad Men where Reality gets sacrificed for a peppy story line.

    He got a big slap the real world this week.



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    #20194
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,924 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    I have no doubt that what led to Tubs being dumped was the loss of revenue due to people refusing to pay the license fee. Money talks.



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    #20195
    Viscount Aggro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭Viscount Aggro


    RT lawyers were in touch with Bakhurst again today.

    It reads like damage limitation.

    Did he not say negotiations had concluded?



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    #20196
    Brendan Bendar
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    yeah... lookit the whole problem had it gestation in the fact that these scones thought they were bigger than RTE.

    Theres Tubridy now, nothing personal against the lad, but there was a coterie in there who ensured that JQT was ridden bareback and you can see them trying to circle the wagons with tools like Feeney and others getting their oar in.

    They believed that they were impregnable and the high ups in RTE fed that to them to big up their own positions.

    The big laugh about all this is that is was about a filler slot albeit at a good time for an hours radio!!!!

    KB has indicated that he is going to take on this lot and it won't happen tomorrow as I see it.

    But the first pillar has been tipped over, plenty more to topple.



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    #20197
    toggle toes
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭toggle toes


    The ignorance of RT. It beggars belief that he actually thought he could come out with a statement like that and still expect to walk back in to his cushy number without any consequences. He had the job in the bag but I suppose he just felt he was still been wronged by RTE.

    I wonder will Newtalk offer him a contract. It might not be as lucrative as the one he had at RTE but as the saying goes beggars can't be choosers.



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    #20198
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users Posts: 13,177 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120995555#Comment_120995555

    He'll be grand.. dole at €200 will see him right. Might even qualify for the winter fuel allowance.

    To thine own self be true



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    #20199
    Fotish
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭Fotish


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997171#Comment_120997171

    Tubs leaking like a sieve to Fionnán Sheahan, much good that will do him.



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    #20200
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997249#Comment_120997249

    Newstalk is no longer owned by Dinny O'Brien's Communicorp. It is now owned by a German company, Bauer. The Indo/Sindo are now owned by a Belgian company, Mediahuis. Tubridy might have some brand recognition but that brand is tainted. When Pat Kenny left RTE his brand was still good. Tubridy has a track record of losing viewers and listeners. In commercial terms, paying Tubridy money to lose listeners and advertisers does not make sense in the real world outside of RTE.

    Regards...jmcc



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    #20201
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120996951#Comment_120996951

    Isn't it just brilliant that they screwed it up though. The timing of it too. Very satisfying. I imagine Tubs and NK are very tense with each other now. Their actions throughout have been dishonest.

    7 Mistruths was another one....

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #20202
    toggle toes
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭toggle toes


    Yes. For two so called intelligent men they seem to put their foot in it. I wonder has their relationship been badly damaged by this scandal. I would love to be a fly on the wall.



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    #20203
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997104#Comment_120997104

    Huh?



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    #20204
    fritzelly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997249#Comment_120997249


    What media company in Ireland would want to touch him when they've seen what he is like with RTE - he's poison ivy



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    #20205
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997305#Comment_120997305

    As somebody posted earlier it’s like the terrible advice tubs was getting was actually all about saving his agent


    nk is badly damaged goods, he bulls into an office now demanding pay for his clients he will be laughed at



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    #20206
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997277#Comment_120997277

    Bakhurst specifically mentioned that and looked mad as hell whilst saying it 😂😂



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    #20207
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    The Ryan Tubridy Show is no more - it's now called - wait for it - The Nine O'Clock Show, some creative thinking went in to that new name for sure



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    #20208
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 9,328 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997075#Comment_120997075

    It also shows how incredibly overpaid he was for so so many years.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #20209
    Higgins5473
    Registered Users Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Higgins5473


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997075#Comment_120997075

    As someone rightly pointed out, he was born and raised in Blackrock, went to primary school there, secondary and then on to UCD and down to Montrose a 100m down the road for his working career. His entire life has been within a 5km radius. He has absolutely no life experience, no cop on, he is completely devoid of self awareness and is nothing short of delusional about his ability and how he is perceived in Irish society. All of this taken into account his behaviour throughout this and his shock and dismay that he is unwanted and disliked by a large cohort of people is quite understandable. He’s almost childlike in a man’s body and has been in this bubble his entire life that’s just burst spectacularly.



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    #20210
    cmac2009
    Registered Users Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭cmac2009


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997277#Comment_120997277

    He changed lanes fairly fast. Didn't he have articles earlier on in this farce heavily criticising Tubridy.



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    #20211
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,872 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997330#Comment_120997330

    Could you get a Gofundme going for RTE please.



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    #20212
    Frank Grimes
    Registered Users Posts: 5,333 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997360#Comment_120997360

    On him being childlike, one thing that still really stands out for me from the Oireachtas appearance (I can't remember which committee) was when he was asked something about going back to work and facing his colleagues and his response was to cut in to refer to them as "my friends", even the tone he took made him seem like a primary school aged child talking about a situation that he couldn't comprehend fully due to lack of maturity. It was very odd.



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    #20213
    Water John
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    Fionnan Sheehan is a light weight. Wonder why he switched sides in the debate?



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    #20214
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997277#Comment_120997277

    This Eagles song really explains the media frenzy around this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn4sJfNkimg

    Regards...jmcc



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    #20215
    toggle toes
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    Tubs will be fine. I'm sure has a nice nest egg set aside. I know he is still a young man but surely he's has enough cash stashed away to keep him comfortable for the rest of his life. And besides when all this blows over I'm sure he will pop up some where. Maybe a Tubs podcast 🤔



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    #20216
    HildaOgdenx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997156#Comment_120997156

    It didn't seem like that though from what Bakhurst had to say. They had agreed a starting date for him and a salary. If Tubridy had kept his mouth shut, it seems he would have been back.

    Bakhurst mentioned talking to his colleagues also and that opinion was divided about Tubridy. (Which apparently was a shock to Tubridy). But Bakhurst was apparently going to go ahead regardless of what anyone said - either the colleagues or the message coming through from the licence payers.

    Tubridy shot himself firmly in both feet and that was what caused Bakhurst to decide he wasn't returning...at this time.



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    #20217
    Higgins5473
    Registered Users Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Higgins5473


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997396#Comment_120997396

    A hunch? Got leaked info on the condition that it would be favourable to tubs. Bit of NK genius, not in the least bit transparent. Wonder how many other journos he approached, Fionnán Sheehan wouldn’t exactly be the top of anyone’s list.



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    #20218
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,033 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997092#Comment_120997092

    I have no idea, but tbh, he has no other options as has been proven over and over again since this debacle started.

    I would imagine he thought everything in the garden was rosy and everyone would be delighted to see him return. Bakhurst mentioned that opinion on him was divided among his colleagues and that was apparently a shock to Tubridy.

    Personally, I am glad he shot himself firmly in both feet. I was disappointed to learn that he was practically back in the door, if he only had the cop on to keep his mouth shut.

    I also think he wouldn't have been able to resist holding forth about how hurt he was and all the rest of it, once back on air!



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    #20219
    PokeHerKing
    Registered Users Posts: 4,333 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    There is such a delicious irony to RT torpedoing himself at the 11th hour with a completely unessecary self aggrandsing statement.

    To quote Al Pacino, vanity is definitely my favourite sin.



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    #20220
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,438 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997421#Comment_120997421

    However Fionnan Sheehan was at the top of the media doing the damage to RT/NK brand.



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    #20221
    Frank Grimes
    Registered Users Posts: 5,333 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997421#Comment_120997421

    I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. Sheehan probably decided the mileage he can get out of the leaked information while this goes on will be worth the complete and utter transparent about-face he's done regarding his position about this.



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