150KTubs - future career in Virgin Radio and other soulful pursuits **Mod: Read OP**

Look, no-one knows the future. All I'm saying is you can't write off someone who has clearly fashioned opportunity out of adversity. And the big industry players don't hand out opportunities for fun or charity.

For sure, I'd agree that he got off his ass and went and got work rather than let it get on top of him. You have got to say fair play to him for that. Considering how much he'd have told his listeners over the years that he was a home bird, loved Ireland, didn't want to live anywhere else, and how often he criticised the British, was hard to see him living there.

But hey, he's there now. It's a massive upheaval in the life of a 50 Yr old, never mind a younger person. It's like starting again.

But I maintain he HAD to do it, as there wasn't any real offers coming in in Ireland. Better to work than do nothing.

But I still think he'll be looking for a quick return to Ireland. KB has already said the doors not closed at rte for him.

And finally, if I was to guess, I'd say he would much rather be earning the 170k to do 5 morning programmes on rte radio 1, plus the odd podcast, than whatever he is earning now in London.

I'm very sure it's unintentional, but using terms like "shift the narrative" and "desperation" makes it sound like you're coming from a conspiratorial mindset. I'm just dealing with the facts.

Tubridy (and plenty of others) got the best deal he could get from RTE, in the market at the time, from the management that existed at the time. The situation has clearly changed for all - that's life.

With his successful career, he's obviously a wealthy man - while he's most likely not being paid legacy RTE wages now, basic common sense would tell you that it has to be financially worth his while to move to an affluent part of London at 50 years of age and kickstart a band new chapter of a career. These notions that he's living in poverty in exile with the hope that one day all will be forgiven is, frankly, laughable. Successful people just don't operate like that. They move forward. There were people claiming earlier in the thread that he was paying Virgin Radio UK for his slot! I mean, that's just out-and-out delusional.

Most people in his position would have settled for early retirement. Maybe write a memoir. But he's leaning in.

We all have those times, especially as the years turn to decades, where we want to jack in our careers. I was like that as recently as November. Quit the office job and do something "fulfilling" with my time. I soon shook it off, and I realised that my job - oftentimes boring as it is - provides very well for my family, and allows me to pursue my personal interests in my own time. And in fact, it's up to me to find ways to make my job fulfilling, which I am now actively doing. I've met 3 people over the past few months that left my company and regretted it; "The grass isn't greener..." is what each of them said.

I've no specific insight, but maybe once RTE forced his hand, Tubridy realised "the grass isn't greener..." in terms of the industry. There's a lot to be said for succeeding in what you know and do well. The travel and the podcasts can always happen later.

His success or failure in London doesn't hang on a boards.ie thread. If this doesn't work out for him in the real world, watch the spinning in the media.

Maybe he knew that Oireachtas Committees were in the offing and if he didn't leave and pretend to want a career change, the decision would have been made for him.

Of course the 'facts' of the career change means him doing the same role for more hours in a different country on 15% of take home pay.

Maybe everything he does, including his love for family in his career change announcement, has been carefully manicured by NK investment management, hide that Ryan isn't quite as entertaining as NK/Dee Forbes would have you believe. If he had the audience that you claim he has, wouldnt there have been some media outlet in Ireland willing to take advantage.

Speculation is great and all, but I'd rather just stick to the facts. One of which is that no-one knows what his current pay is.

It has been reported in several places - with a suspicious response from Irish media saying it was "in fact" 100K sterling. I think we can't be exactly sure but the ballpark is understood.

Another boon for Tubs is that he will be relatively anonymous in London. No stopping for photos, being badgered in a pub when out for a few scoops etc. Will be unlike Ireland. We can be a bit of a small parish “valley of the squintung windows” type place tbh.

The Brits don’t seem to be as obsessed in general with TV and radio personalities. The percentage of absolute venom on Virgin Radio’s twitter and Facebook is far less than the equivalent on a RTE post.

Don't fall for this. It was reported in one place, and from there became the "truth".

And that one place was this article (originally published in the Sunday World, but here's the Indo version): https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/ryan-tubridy-agrees-drastic-pay-cut-as-he-kicks-off-new-radio-show-on-tuesday-morning/a293816632.html, where "industry insiders" claim he'll be earning between £50,000 to £80,000.

If you actually reads the entire article, those "industry insiders: turn out to be just one person: a Dermot McNamara, who runs a PR firm called Candid. Candid seems to be a small outfit, with no website but just a Twitter/X account (https://twitter.com/wearecandid_uk). There's no indication that they have any insight into Tubridy's contract. The Sunday World reached out for comment, and naturally for a PR person, he gave them what they wanted.

It's odd how people are so micro-critical of every move made by Tubridy, yet just take that one quote from a random PR agent as gospel.

By the way, other (just as credible) reporting claims he's on €200,000 to €250,000 (https://extra.ie/2023/11/19/entertainment/ryan-tubridy-virgin-radio-london).

Plus his diction and delivery are dreadful, only really passable in Ireland where we're used to a quicker patter.

Even though Norton is a fast talker he also has excellent fully pronounced articulation because he went to acting school.

He actually has to earn everything penny he gets now which maybe a shock to his system.

For years he coasted along in rte dishing out inane blah and being seriously overpaid for same.

I wouldn't expect any level of writing from the mail. Journalism is not their strong suit. Nor RT's for that matter imho.

Was this thread no closed?

In 2022, Tubridy's salary from RTE was apparently 515,000 Euro according to the Indo. In 2024, he is no longer with RTE. Those are the facts.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/four-rte-stars-including-ryan-tubridy-last-year-were-paid-above-planned-250000-pay-cap/a71823505.html

Regards...jmcc