RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Traditionally, RTE has been the beneficiary of the stable two and a half party model with FF and FG being the two large parties and Labour being the half-party. That kept RTE largely on-side with the government. The worrying prospect for RTE is that SF could be the senior party in the next government and that could cause a lot of problems. The financial adjustments could happen now under the FFG government or there could be even more rationalisations under an SF-led govenment. The Tubridy payments scandal was only the tip of the iceberg. This is an existential crisis for RTE in its current format.

The RTE staff seemed to be very angry when the Tubridy payments story broke and they are the ones to watch. Revolutions always start in the Middle Classes and the RTE staffers are effectively RTE's Middle Class. They also have the most to gain from a complete change in culture in RTE with the talent's payments being reduced. Such moves by the politicians to rein in the excesses of the RTE management could be quite popular.

Almost right on cue:

Regards...jmcc

Sounds like it’s a topic to get dumped on the peoples assembly or whatever it’s called and let them decide the fate of RTÉ

In ordinary times, it would. But Tubridy effectively gave a face to the scandal and the opportunity for votes will have politicians scrambling to get a piece of the action. There are still some PAC and Media committee hearings coming up and the government won't want SF members of those committees dominating proceedings. The People's Assembly things are for stuff that the government wants to kick down the road and this is just too big an opportunity for politicians to gain votes. There is also talk of a shock election but that might just be the usual back-to-school rumours before the Dail resumes later this month. If there was to be a shock GE then putting the boot in on RTE could save a few seats for FFG.

Regards...jmcc

Didn't he get the Vespa on the show??? Why's he now getting it tomorrow

Yeah, he's still king of the bants.

That would be an ecumenical question. :) It hadn't exceeded its credit lines from what I remember but its borrowings had a limit. The collapse in the licence fee revenue this year caused serious problems for it.

Regards...jmcc

Hopefully our diligent best-practices Taoiseach will be able to find a multinational services firm that can verify those numbers to help us out.

Also I'm sure Taoiseach Leo will have been heartened, just like the RTE management, that the report released today indicates that the Toy Show was "really loved" and that "Children in particular were very taken with the story and songs and the fact that the show was led by a diverse cast of children like them." Just look at FFG relentlessly delivering that diversity dividend for us voters, oh hang on, but what about the housing/health/policing dividend, LOL!

Why did I read that guff on the indo site? I actually feel unwell🥴

The more I read this man's Instagram posts on his website (sorry meant independent.ie) the sadder this sap is coming off.

Reduced to namedropping...Oh dear !

The Independent.ie coverage is tough to read… literally copying and pasting all the positive Instagram comments from his very orchestrated posts.

I watched that video clip of his interview with Chris Evan’s and it was cringy. Tubs is obviously trying to fit in anywhere but he came across as trying waaay too hard. Even Chris Evan’s one-upped his relationship with Bono and I felt he was talking to either Damien Lewis or his producers (ie. not Tubs) when reciting the story.

The revelations coming out tonight from the RTE accounts are disgraceful. The place needs a near-complete clean out and restart. But knowing our crowd the govt will just throw money at them and nothing will change!

That could be the extra money RTE want. Tax payers money to pay the Tax Man.

You can read below - the questions is why some broadcasters are employees and others are contractors for doing the same job, there is no reason why they should employ contractors on rolling contracts for decades

Employee v Contractor - Irish Legal Guide

Woah now with the term actors

On FC? Dafuq!