RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared

Referenda are the means to amend the constitution, which in the bedrock upon which legislation is built. There’s nothing in the constitution about RTE - nor should there be.

Has Tubs got a gig with McDonald's...

We have had plebiscites on City Mayors. they are not binding plebiscites but they have taken place.

Ah Boggles I don't know why you want to defend these people.

Highlighting the cost of the ring just makes it obvious he didn't pay for it 😂

Why would I?

I don't work for RTE if there is a problem with employment law that is up to the employees and unions.

We in Ireland take votes on Europe all the time. I wouldn't put it like that.

Followed by

Followed by

You rate the options 1, 2 and 3.

I don't think it should happen, but it could happen.

*I am being facetious and also looking for a 3rd option, you'll note that I haven't asked for the full abolition of RTÉ or the Licence Fee.

So you know its complicated subject but you don't want a complicated non-binding pleblicite ?

Can you imagine if people thought about it and the result was

1. C
2. C
3. A

Now would that make for an interesting set of Public Service Broadcasters!

Well first I knew you'd pick on the worst option, Full Government Control of Funding, no matter how I said it was just put in as a third option.

The format of the plebiscite looks for some change or no change, not out right abolition.

We are currently on the same course as we have been for the last 15 years. And a major part of that is not the funding but the mismanagement of RTÉ. I don't believe that they can honestly bring RTÉ around in the next few years. Even if you fund them correctly I believe they will continue to be as bad as ever.

By the way if such a plebiscite did occur and you agree with the currently direction you'd vote BBB.

Do you honestly believe that we should just give €300m in tax funding to RTÉ in 2024?

Of the options that I gave you which of them is the worst? Bar the facetious one? You put forward a straight forward plebiscite with the idea that such a plebiscite must be binary.

Why would it be legitimate? because getting rid of PSBing is not something than any of the currently political parties want or are even considering. Should a party get enough votes to enter the dail, and not just one single TD, then it would be up to them to push forward with there ideas.

Legitimacy because the question was never about the funding or about existence of public service broadcasting but making it better.

So can you tell me other than continuing, what the current or future plans for PSBing are? Because while all of the parties agree with PSBing they don't seem to know what to do or even have a legitimate pre-election proposal for broadcasting.

Also your arguments against plebiscites could be attached to any political position that you don't particularly like.

RTE could decide not to renew Doireann's contract. Then we\d see just how good she is at getting sponsorship for other contracts.

And you don't need to have a binding referenda/plebiscite, the Mayoral plebiscites are non-binding.

the government could tomorrow set up an elected Mayor for every county town in Ireland if they so wished, without an referenda.

they could take a plebiscite and everyone could vote no and still decide to have a directly elected mayor

or everyone could vote yes and the government could decide not to have a directly elected Mayor.

Very good :) Here's mine:

The Man With The Silver Spoon/The Man With The Golden Goose.

For Dee Forbes Eyes Only.

On His Employers Secret Payroll.

Dr. No Transparency.

Never Say Tribunal Again.

The Declared Wage Is Not Enough (Give me more money, ideally under the table).

Georgie needed a holiday!

Reading about Mehole Martin taking a legal action against Google to disclose the identities of scammers who used his face in adverts shows how far Tubridy has fallen. Varadkar's face was used like this and so was that of Miriam O'Callaghan. Once "the most trusted man in Ireland" and now?

Regards...jmcc

Never Say Renault Again.

Love it!

The scams move on, they always do. Two weeks ago, my mobile number was being spoofed to call people. This week, it’s not. It’s the way it works. Just pointing out the truth, not sure why that would be problematic to you.

Scammers use the faces of various celebrities to promote their scams in advertising. These ads (sometimes using Google's advertising services Adsense) are shown on various websites. Mehole Martin took an action against Google to find the identity of the scammers using his face in recent adverts.

Regards...jmcc

But what is the tubs link?

Turbridy is no longer famous and even the scammers don't use his image these days even if they may have done in the past.

Regards...jmcc

I think Ryan Andrews' possible needs to keep schtum.

There are 4 types of actors "Grifter", "Lucky", "Talented" and "Waiting staff/Unemployed", I will let you all decide where Fair City actors appear in this list.

Ryan doesn't say how much he is paid, IMO the reporters should ask after all he is offering up this information, and if he doesn't want to divulge his wage then the article should state that.

Ryan character in Fair City (for those of you that don't watch) is one of the main characters. This means he's earning between 80k and 105k a year for 30 weeks work. This is a very generous wage.

The article says that he defends their wage by saying "it's not a level playing field for everyone at the station and what can seem like a high daily rate doesn't always amount to earning a fortune in the long run."

He says his co-stars in the series "can make less than the minimum wage for their work" but that is is "over a season." and he goes on to say "Actors on Fair City don't work 52 weeks a year so it is different" ... Yes Ryan it is different because that the type of job acting is many of your co-stars are "jobbing" actors and for most people who work in minimum wage jobs they have to work 48 weeks across the "season", many even do over time to top up their earnings.

"Some people only work 10 or 15 weeks. There can be a misconception" What misconception that for a 10 or 15 week run your not earning 40k a year, and you then get to work in another job during the other 42 weeks of the year.

The article then says "Away from his role on Fair City Ryan also runs his own acting school and is gearing up to star in the panto at the Olympia Theatre."

So Ryan as a Jobbing actor you get to

1. Get a cushy number on a soap opera, with a 30 week run
2. In your spare time run an acting school
3. When you not in your "day job" you get paid to be in a Panto!

Seems to me you can do very well out of fair city and really you should keep schtum.

In breaking news:

"Now it has emerged that Ryan will appear on Virgin Media TV later in the month.

The 50-year-old will be appearing in an upcoming episode of Dave Fanning’s music show Fanning At Whelan’s which recently returned for a new season.

While he won’t be talking about his upcoming career move, Ryan will reveal his six favourite songs and what they mean to him."

I'm gonna bet one of those songs is "Money for Nothing".

https://extra.ie/2023/12/11/entertainment/ryan-tubridy-return-irish-tv

Dave Fanning will interview him, on Ryan career after he dies Dave has written his views : -

"Ryan... ryan wasn't the type to get to grips with an interview like Gay Byrne, I mean you really cannot call him Gay Byrne, yeah he presented the late late show, but he let his career go, Gay Byrne was take for a ride by his accountant in the 80s, what did he do he asked for more money, Ryan asked for more money and never took a pay cut. He also wasn't all that good on the Radio, I mean he was no Gerry Ryan... I am not saying he couldn't have been Gerry Ryan but look at the listernship figure, fell over on 2FM, I think what Ryan will be known for is being really nervous when interviewing some stars, like I have interview stars for "The Movie Show" and for radio and I never let them get a word in, he seemed to let them bully him at times. I mean Ryan what can I say about Ryan, he wasn't Pat Kenny, I mean Pat Kenny could chew Ryan Turbriby up."