RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

No matter how good PK is on the LLS,I don’t think he should be offered a radio show. Broadcasting jobs are few and far between in Ireland and I think they should be spread amongst as many as possible rather than concentrated amongst a few ridiculously highly paid few. Better to spread opportunities around. Two people on 100k is better than one on 200k. We also don’t want to create another monster ego.

I held off from the start of the month when my licence was due but I am tempted to pay up next week in appreciation of the dg getting shot of the leech!!

Don't forget it has been hinted that he has received offers from other stations. Didn't his agent say something along those lines?

Well, let's see which of the many offers he has that he takes.

The few real Tubridy fans in the country? :) May not be enough to sustain a podcast though.

Regards...jmcc

Last Christmas LLS was the pinnacle of his ego coming to the fore - there wasn’t a second of that show that wasn’t about him or his brand of cheesy loveliness devoted to the promotion of Ryan Tubridy - he lost all sense of what that show was meant to be about - while the presenter should always play second fiddle to the main act (the children and the toys)- he decided he’d become the main act- it was absolutely vomit inducing

Vested interest - not

Can't see Newstalk being interested, his schtick, even if he was way better at it than he actually is, is not their schtick. the only Irish radio station I'm aware of that specialises in Tubridy's brand of easy listening is RTE Gold. And obviously there's a problem there...

As replacements go , I'd love to see MARK LITTLE offered the gig , his story ville journalism was class , I know he's since sold it ! And a more genuine nice man you couldn't meet !

Fionnan Sheahan was sublime when he summed up tubridy & agent as a Del boy & Rodney performance ! Yes , only short of a Robin reliant parked in leinster House!

Off the top of my head I can't recall one interview the Tubbster ever did that was memorable in any way, that was impulsive viewing or listening, that drew an interviewee out of themselves, where we all learned something and could lean back later with a wine or whatever and say "now that was good", he lacked spontaneity and was too damn lazy to research his guests he lacked that vital thing that all interviewers had, that ability to go with the flow, to spot the seam of gold incoming instead capping it before it got a chance slapping the table swiveling in his chair consulting his cuecard and heading off on the well worn boring predictable track that he always followed , I'd say it would be hard to fill an hour with highlights from his career, there was nothing remarkable about him at all, he was lucky to have got away with his oul stichk for so long that's all, he should have been counting paper clips in some back office daydreaming of meeting the American president if right was right... He's no loss

Astonishing that Dee Forbes appears to be still sick from whatever illness she contracted in June.

His radio programme benefitted from coming after Morning Ireland.

The Late Late brand is very strong and popular in Ireland. People watch it because of the brand and not the presenter. The same with The Toy Show. They could have a nobody presenting the Toy Show and it would still get a million viewers.

RTE clearly feel that getting rid of Tubs closes the door on the whole debacle. No need for anyone to investigate anything else. This will be old news in 2 weeks time and they can continue as before, wasting money on themselves.