RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Was interested in a benchmark for the changing audiences. Most of the Irish market hasn't been two channel land since the 1970s. This is because the main cities in Ireland all had cable television networks by the 1980s. That meant that viewing habits changed. Another factor in the change was that the price of television sets fell as cheaper components and sets became available from Japan, China and other countries.

With the start and middle of the Gaybo era, most homes had a single TV set. When that began to change, a lot of the younger viewers were not forced to watch the LLS on the family set. As these viewers grew up, not watching the LLS became a habit but the older viewers kept watching the LLS. The effect of Video Cassette Recorders (VCRs) started to hit in the 1980s as well and this continued into the 1990s and early 2000s with DVDs. Kenny was more Current Affairs than Light Entertainment but he didn't do a bad job. Tubridy was the wrong choice. He may have appealed to a diminishing market but RTE made a very bad decision in giving him the flagship show when he had made a mess out of every opportunity he had been given.

Regards...jmcc

‘That has served his country so well’

What is that guy on about ? What planet is he living on ?

That’s the type of hyperbole I’d expect from someone living in his own reality but it’s not anyone else’s

Another fool who can’t read the room (country).

As I say he’s independently wealthy and doesn’t need the future “good will” of RTÉ- he’s selling up his hotels that he owns with his brother so there’s no real dependency on RTÉ there any more.

For me, it shows that the only people in the public eye who are willing to speak out in favour of Tubridy right now, are people who have no dependency on RTÉ for their livelihood.

Where’s Joe Duffys words of support? Or Brendan O’ Connor or Miriam O’ Callaghan? Id say they’ll be in their best behaviour in the coming year - Yes DG, No DG 3 bags full DG🤪

So ultimately you're saying that it's all about money with the journalists as well. I don't doubt this for a second. Businesses have to look after the bottom line after all.

That's why it's difficult to get an objective view on this. To form one myself, I've pretty much just ignored the press and only allowed the facts of this scandal to inform to form my view.

The trouble is, The Indo group are a national platform, and as such they're extremely influential. They can, and have, had a measurable impact on public opinion. At present, their editorial influence is being used in support of clear wrong-doing on the part of Kelly and Tubridy. Throwing mud into clear water.

And I don't think the "just business" defence of Sheahan enhances anyone's opinion of him in all this. The "just business" defence has been used before, in defence of far worse acts, unfortunately.

Longterm I’d counter “nathin” would be better than joining that outfit.

GB News?

Is he going to turn right wing now?

I reluctantly clicked on that Sunday World link. Now, having done so, I'm convinced John Brennan is our very own 'Sunny Disposition'.

Stop the boats!

I would laugh my bollix off if this happened.

Tubridy jettisoning his lifelong D4 liberal worldview for the sake of a few bob.

And still drowning because their encumbent talentless muppets are still making him look incompetent.

GB News would even deserve a €uro out of the licence fee to hammer that final nail into the coffin of Tubridy's career.

I wonder if Callan was "spoken to" by management, after his mouthing off

Hahaha

If Tubridy takes up an offer from an Irish commercial radio station that’s the end of his association with RTÉ.

He’d have to build up a new following of listeners just like Pat Kenny did- so what would happen after 2 years IF RTÉ approached him to rejoin? All that time and investment wasted by the commercial station to build up his brand?

Besides the doubt of being offered a commercial radio contract in the first place, it would seem Tubridy is now caught between a rock and a hard place - taking an Irish commercial radio contract is not likely to be high on his priorities

-one off projects, either independent tv production company or solo runs like pod casts or some filling in BBC radio work, and/or a history book maybe tied into an independently produced tv show, are probably his options right now- he’s certainly not unemployable but if he wants back in to RTÉ he’ll need to keep that door open himself

GB News! The holding pen for British media's populists, propagandists, weirdos and assorted oddballs with a few skeletons in the closet. Sounds a perfect fit for our Ryan!

Not that I think for a second that Tubs has any inclination to go to London fulltime, even if it was for an offer of a primetime BBC1 chatshow, but if there's anyone who could jack in his particular brand of caring, sharing, Kennedy democrat, pro EU, Oirishness and swap it for a war on woke GB News agenda, RT is the very man!

"Public execution" is a rather dramatic overreaction from John Brennan.