RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

had the misfortune to have to listen to him a some weeks ago in a dentists waiting room,was going to ask the receptionist for a pair of plyers and pull my teeth myself instead of listening to that...how is he on that kind of money?

He makes himself sound like the simple little country boy in the big city. He's a multi-millionaire with a long career as Ireland's biggest broadcaster, not a school-leaver! I'm surprised he's not living in digs, with a kindly landlady who cooks all his meals and does his laundry, the way he goes on. Playing bland music and talking shite for an apathetic audience in the morning is perfect for him though. He'll just be a background noise on an office radio that nobody will pay much attention to. There's a reason Alan Partridge presented a show called Mid Morning Matters; it's a desert in the radio schedule. They don't put the best of the best there. Congratulations Ryan. Now please stay over there, and stop sending us updates and "teasing" your next move (seriously whoever writes those Indo articles where Tubs is constantly teasing his next move needs a punch in the face. Such slack, lazy writing.)

I've been involved in a number of sectors over the years and one thing I've noticed again and again is that you just can't surpress some people. Their talent, brilliance even, means they always recover from setbacks.

Ryan lost his job in the place he had worked all his life, was dragged before a parliamentary committee, was plastered on the front of the tabloids, his finances discussed on TV and radio for months. All because his employers opted to pay him in an unorthodox but perfectly legal way.

The pressure he endured would have broken many people, but not him. Only a few months later he has a prominent position in a major UK station.