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Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

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    #10322
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,993 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121344991#Comment_121344991

    It looks very bad. If it is such a bland document why keep it a secret? Who are they protecting.

    Anyone know when RTÉ will appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Media or the PAC?


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #10323
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,816 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    They tried 'commercially sensitive' but now the things they want to hide are 'priviliged'...

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #10324
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Take the document off them and then it might just find it’s way into the hands of a politician who might like to read it out in the Dail



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    #10325
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121344819#Comment_121344819

    Imagine the scorn to which such a statement would be greeted with by Prime Time Investigates were they researching a firm or an organization?

    #TruthMatters

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    #10326
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,341 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    "We have to pay the big stars the big salaries"

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    #10327
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,341 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    If I was Mr. Bakhurst I'd be scheduling a meeting with Fuffy, Byrne et all in the morning and discussing their imminent 40-60% pay cuts...

    *Fuffy is obviously a typo, but I like it, and you know who I mean... so I'm leaving it....

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    #10328
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,816 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    and if any of them don't like it they're free to seek bogus self-employment elsewhere

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #10329
    Tow
    Registered Users Posts: 7,382 ✭✭✭Tow


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121346951#Comment_121346951

    The story is that Kevin tried that and Joe took great offence. With Joe going on a work to rule, taking all his (many) holidays and was not on air for weeks.

    When is the money (including lost growth) Michael Noonan took in the Pension Levy going to be paid back?



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    #10330
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,504 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121348126#Comment_121348126


    Work to rule - so like any other year then



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    #10331
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users Posts: 18,552 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121348126#Comment_121348126

    I think Joe has indicated this is his last contract soI would not be surprised if he retires after the end if this one. Either way the rates will be reduced.

    However it's not just the contracted staff on serious lolly. Senior journalist's are on 170+K/ year, George Lee, Aine Lawlor etc

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #10332
    Tow
    Registered Users Posts: 7,382 ✭✭✭Tow


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121350057#Comment_121350057

    Mr Lee annoys me. I voted for him when he ran in the elections. Within a few months he packed in the TD job and was back in RTE. The story doing the rounds is Mrs Lee was not happy living on a TD's salary of (then) 90k and told him to go back.

    It was my biggest waste of a vote!


    The way I look at RTE is:

    A: There are a handful of people who names we know, who are on big money.

    B: There are 1,800 staff or 2,500 depending on were you get your figures. TV as we were brought up with is a dieing medium. Technology has improved greatly over the years. There are one man shows on YouTube churning out quality product that would take team of 100+ in RTE. They just have too many staff. What are they all doing? They have no salary/grade structure and I believe no organisation chart.

    When is the money (including lost growth) Michael Noonan took in the Pension Levy going to be paid back?



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    #10333
    bigroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,123 ✭✭✭bigroad


    Totally agree,I would say a fifty percent reduction in staff is quiet possible.

    like is what was said,some of the channels on youtube have fantastic content ,good sound ,good picture,good editing and free.



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    #10334
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,432 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    By all accounts they have twice as many in their Radio and TV studios as independent broadcasters would have.

    I just think there's a complete inability for change. Maybe unions, maybe management or a public service attitude of the bare minimum to get paid.



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    #10335
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,341 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121350316#Comment_121350316

    I just think there's a complete inability for change. Maybe unions, maybe management or a public service attitude of the bare minimum to get paid.

    Nail on the head.. How could they ever change themselves... They are turkeys and they aren't going to vote for Christmas...

    The bare minimum should be a cull of about 40% of staff, and those that are lucky enough to be kept around, should be looking at a minimum of 20%-30% salary reduction for those at the lower end, and rising incrementally to 60%-70% for those at the higher end (€150k+)..

    And when the unions get involved with their mouths frothing, threatening strike action... let them at it... strike away and see how much they are really missed.... and how much the public really care about them....

    They know they can't strike because it'll backfire catastrophically on them.... and they'll have zero public support.

    Remember when the Tubridy scandal broke, Emma O'Kelly lead a load of staff out to the carpark for what? To protest?, to show their disgust? B0ll0x! it was to protect themselves and nothing more... it was pathetic....

    "We're all hard workers and we don't deserve this"... yes you might be, but you are all paid handsomely for your 'hard work'... you're all part of the problem...



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    #10336
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Can the Irish govt allow a thousand odd disgruntled ex rte staff loose on the streets of Dublin. Not sure about that one.



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    #10337
    Taxburden carrier
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Taxburden carrier


    Just listening to an interview on news at one with Brendan Gloster about cost saving.

    Irony overload!



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    #10338
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,816 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121350137#Comment_121350137

    The other and perhaps more plausible story (I'm sure he and his wife knew what a TD's salary was before he decided to run) was that he expected to be appointed to the front bench straight away, when told he'd have to serve his time on the backbenches he said f this.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #10339
    jippo nolan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭jippo nolan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121351128#Comment_121351128

    Georgi “ I’m worth it”

    Lee!



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    #10340
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,993 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121351128#Comment_121351128

    Where is George Lee now?

    He is one of these Correspondents who pops up every now and then, and even if something is happening in his area and he's on holiday's he not there to file a report.


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #10341
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121352579#Comment_121352579

    Ironically, he was more qualified than that school teacher/TD Noonan when it came to Economics and business. Think that Lee is the Doom and Gloom Climate change correspondent for RTE. He'll probably be sent to Iceland if that volcano erupts in the next few days. On the upside, the Icelanders might also escape a visit from Tubridy to their book conference next week.

    Regards...jmcc



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    #10342
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,432 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121352579#Comment_121352579

    He's the Environment Correspondent with RTE,moved from Agricultural Correspondent because of his obvious bias as Financial Correspondent presumably.

    Very little George can't do apparently and RTE seem determined to exploit all his talents.

    Surprised you haven't been subjected to any of his many lectures on what we're all doing wrong with the environment.



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    #10343
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,504 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121353726#Comment_121353726


    God forbid RTE employ people who know their remit as a correspondent (kinda like politics in this country) - what qualifications has he held at any position he's held in RTE?

    He's just a lifer in RTE who does very little for a very nice wage and can never be sacked and when he wanted to try politics RTE welcomed him back when he realised he had to work for less wages.

    Though he is very suited to the climate doom propaganda with that depressing voice

    As @Hotblack Desiato said above - he thought he was a shoo-in for the front benches and when told you have to earn the position he went off sulking back to RTE



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    #10344
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    What a waste of 170 k a year....



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    #10345
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121350316#Comment_121350316

    The researchers are some of the main assets in RTE as they make people like Tubridy and the rest of them look smart. Kenny was smart enough to be able to do some of his own research. Without a team of researchers, some RTE "talent" would be a lot less impressive.

    Regards...jmcc



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    #10346
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    A virtual "cup of tea"?

    "Former RTÉ director general Dee Forbes agreed to guarantee payments to Mr Tubridy in discussions with the then Late Late Show presenter’s agent Noel Kelly."

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ryan-tubridys-agent-made-repeated-demands-for-payment-guarantees-meeting-note-says/a2042657039.html

    Regards...jmcc



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    #10347
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    It gets worse:

    https://www.independent.ie/news/missing-minutes-no-record-yet-of-rte-board-meeting-that-started-ryan-tubridy-saga/a1874230054.html

    RTE has a lot of very serious questions to answer and the PAC should compel Forbes to appear.

    Regards...jmcc



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    #10348
    RoTelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,993 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    DEE FORBES and MOYA DOHERTY to announce new RTÉ Strategy 2024 tomorrow.

    The DG and Chair will continue with what they have started.

    ENDS.


    ______

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #10349
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    Just reading the coverage from the Irish Times and this stood out: "A new RTÉ news app will be developed by 2025." 2025? That's not a typo.

    Regards...jmcc



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    #10350
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,504 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121365186#Comment_121365186

    And you wonder how they waste money, something that takes a few weeks takes a few years but should know better with t the rte player



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    #10351
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121365232#Comment_121365232

    Surprised they didn't mention developing their own AI now that AI is a big issue for the technology journalists and the happy-clappies. :) RTE Player was a clusterfsck and would have been difficult to develop. RTE should have got a refund. A news app is a lot simpler.

    Regards...jmcc



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