RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

14-09-2023 10:46pm

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yagan · 14-09-2023 11:06pm

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New account, takes umbrage easily.

14-09-2023 11:09pm

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RoTelly · 14-09-2023 11:36pm

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I am not saying he should, he is providing his take as a sucessful business person.

Dee Frobes may have had a CV, but clear that is all she had, I am sure you could have done just a good a job as she did.

14-09-2023 11:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121111549#Comment_121111549

Fair point.

14-09-2023 11:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121108710#Comment_121108710

They should have chosen Joe Duffy instead 🤣

skimpydoo · 15-09-2023 12:49am

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That's too much work for Joe 🤣

ButtersSuki · 15-09-2023 7:30am

Someone was drinking I see.

Field east · 15-09-2023 7:49am

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The O Learys’ of this world would be smart enough to read themselves into the position AND AND AND surround themselves by the relevant experts. What about Elon Musk - i’ d say that he never built a car, any car , let alone an electric one. The principals of running a business are largely the same no matter what that business is

Cluedo Monopoly · 15-09-2023 7:53am

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Because the reason to fire them would implicate others and the boyos would win an unfair dismissal case. I mean most of the management knew about the financial abuses around barter accounts and perks.

O'Keefe would have to text the WRC or Labour Court instead.

tom23 · 15-09-2023 8:05am

i think it’s simple really. Indo are rivals of RTE for news. So why not back their former number 1 star and generate clicks to their content.

Sunny Disposition · 15-09-2023 9:10am

Patrick said he received a message from Ryan wishing him well. Great to hear. Obviously tough for Ryan but very nice of him to make the effort. Hopefully tonight goes well for Patrick. I think he will do well.

RoTelly · 15-09-2023 9:28am

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Yeah I had been think about that. If you fired alot of the executive or removed them from the board you'd be implicating them.

They said that they had 167 grades on Wednesday, 2 or 3 years ago RTÉ were planning on implementing a plan to change this and reduce that number (a changable number, because I was sure it was around 110 grade 2 or 3 years ago). The question is why would you keep the Head of HR on your leadership team when she has made no moves on this and she has made no moves on the issue of employees who were contractors.

RoTelly · 15-09-2023 9:31am

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https://about.rte.ie/2023/09/14/rte-statement-fair-city-photography/

Yes, yes they do.

Brendan Bendar · 15-09-2023 10:21am

What really comes out of all of these 746 pages is what we knew all along… That Montrose was a little ‘fiefdom’ run by a coterie who seemed to me anyway, to ‘silo’ everything and let nothing get out into the open.

It seems nobody knew anything about anything and things just ‘happened’ without any idea who signed off on them.

It seems a good share of the so called ‘talent’ all had their own little ‘nixers’ The cars, the boat trips, Renault, even down

to the clobber worn on sports programmes, the junkets, and who knows what else.

Everything chugged along in the gravy boat till the dam burst with the Tubridy issue.

I can see political ‘intervention’ already rearing its head as the govt in my opinion doesn’t have the cahunas to

tackle them head on, and is not united on what to do.

John Q Taxpayer will be the loser and people will be paid three times what they are worth and the show will go on.

ButtersSuki · 15-09-2023 10:34am

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The problem with that is Tubridy is/was entertainment, not news. His knowledge of current affairs is appallingly bad.

ButtersSuki · 15-09-2023 10:36am

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Imagine thinking Fair City is so important that it deserves its own photographer whose only job is to take just 16 pictures a week at a cost of either €60K or €80K a year?

I’m also not sure I’m buying the “oh did we say 3 years, we meant 4….sorry about that, sure it’s only money” revision.

RoTelly · 15-09-2023 10:38am

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Also the viewer.

The prevailing view from the top of Irish society is that while reforms are important the funding model is broken, and the main problem is the funding model. Did you know the funding is the main problem. Look I understand the anger but the funding issue is the main problem. We really need to talk about what we want from public service broadcasting and one of the main issues is the funding model. I think we haven't really grasped the fact that the funding model needs to be changed. It's the funding model ....

Or as Dee Forbes put it ....

The tragedy of this is that it is not just RTÉ that is impacted by this broken licence fee model,..... by striving to speak the truth of the social, cultural, and economic nation it represents. It can only do this if is supported, and adequately funded

I think you will agree with the former director general of RTÉ and if we could all just for about everything else and remember it is the funding model.

odyssey06 · 15-09-2023 10:41am

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I think your post paid insufficient attention to the funding model... please be on message in future.

RoTelly · 15-09-2023 10:42am

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Also that KB only found out the morning of the committee and that he felt that it was so unimportant that he could get an answer for the committee should it come up, and then he signed of on that press release and allowed the Executive Producer to write it up, did Vivenne Flood as Head of Publicity and member of the interim leadership team not just turn around and say to KB, "Sorry Kevin but RTÉ is

coolbeans · 15-09-2023 10:44am

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This is the baffling thing. Bookish people tend to know current affairs inside out but not our Tubs. How can he so know little about the world around him when he claims to always have his beak in a book?

hamburgham · 15-09-2023 10:45am

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They know nothing other than the magic money tree.

This 'job' is actually inconceivable to me. Does this mean Coronation St. and Eastenders also have their own photographers on the payroll? If so, would be curious to know what they are paid.

CollyFlower · 15-09-2023 11:17am

There must be an app out there that could be used to do the FC photography.

RoTelly · 15-09-2023 11:30am

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There is an AI out there that could write a Fair City script.

I have no really problem with RTÉ needing professional photos for their programmes, it is part of the nature of marketing radio, tv and film.

But... RTÉ took the decision to close their Photo Stills Department, I doubt that KB will investigate how much RTÉ were spending on still before for the closure of the stills the department and following its closure. Did RTÉ save any money?

This is the problem on decisions made, no one is will to look a the result and say either 1. It was a good idea, 2. It made no real difference and 3. It cost more and was a unfruitful exercise and we should return to what we were doing and see how can reduce the need for this.

The Toy Show: The Musical just shows that, the executive took a quite decision not to proceed with the production, hoping that no one would notice, have a vague idea that it didn't work out but do no investigation into the production and why it fail and how it fail, and to then take responsibility. IMO had the barter account not happened Rory Coveny would be still sitting happy in his office in RTÉ. And no one would be even talking about The Toy Show: The Musical coming Christmas 2024.

Boggles · 15-09-2023 11:31am

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Like a camera app?

No don't think so.

HildaOgdenx · 15-09-2023 11:34am

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He never came across as well read from the little I ever saw or heard from him. It seemed more like a persona he wanted to have.

Contrast Graham Norton who always seems on top of whatever interview he has be it with authors, actors or directors.

He also manages to talk about something topical at the beginning of the show - usually to have a bit of fun out of it. And can respond if a guest alludes to something not strictly on the agenda.

Okay, his tv show is not live, but anyway I suppose the bottom line is there's no comparison. Graham Norton is extremely well paid for what he does, no doubt but at least he works at it, and comes across very professionally.

odyssey06 · 15-09-2023 11:52am

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ButtersSuki · 15-09-2023 11:58am

Can we please banish this myth that Tubridy is well read as all available evidence points to the contrary?

His personality is that of a jumpy, giddyish child with a small attention span - not exactly suited to reading.

An avid adult reader would not bang on about Anthony Horowitz as his favourite author the way Tubridy did. For those who don't know, Horowitz writes books for children and teenagers. My nephew likes and reads Horowtiz's works. He's 10.

For someone who claims to be a voracious reader, he can it seems only describe things as gorgeous, beautiful, intriguing, delicious, or bonkers - they're his go to phrases. If you listened to his radio show everything was described with one of the above bingo phrases; the highlight being the time he saw "a delicious fire". He even described a book as being delicious in his Instagram post on books a few weeks ago. Mind you there's probably a better chance of him eating it than reading it so maybe he was referring to that?

All he ever gave on the radio show when talking about books was the back cover synopsis, or a snippet from a critic's review. He never once convinced me when interviewing an author that he had actually read their work, it was all bland generic filler nonsense questions like "I really loved this book, tell me more about it", or "have you ever been to Dublin?" when really stuck.

The book thing was all part of the manufactured brand to make him appear more intelligent and intellectual than he is. If Tubs were British, he would be a "Tim, nice but dim" type. Slight exaggeration of course as he's not a "thicko", but he's nowhere near as well read or as intellectual as he tries to portray. All part of the crafted public persona; you can add the kindness act (and it was an act) to that too, as well as the "Toyman" bullsh*t.

It would be nice if we could never speak of this again.

Oscar_Madison · 15-09-2023 12:10pm

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Can you drive a bank? 🤪

ButtersSuki · 15-09-2023 12:14pm

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But how is this possible? Geraldine has left, and people are still advertising on the station and sponsoring shows? She told us it was all down to her…….

RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

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