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

No this thread no closed

Builder lad was looking for late music bars or nightclubs, Tubridy only in coppers once, his knowledge of dublin nightlife would be zilch. In his previous guise as Mr RTE he would turning up his nose at stag night carry on, alcohol abuse and high jinks associated with it. He would have been a mouth piece for alcohol awareness ireland and restricting dublin drinking and nightclub hours

Edit: sorry jmcc, this reply should have beed directed to humberklog (regarding the earlier claim that calling Tubridy "wealthy" was speculation), not you.

We know that in 2008, he earned €533,333 

We know that in 2009, he earned  €519,667

We know that in 2010, he earned €645,500

We know that in 2011, he earned €723,000

We know that in 2012, he earned €752,950

We know that in 2013, it dropped to "only" €495,000

then 2014 it remained at €495,000

Eventually rising to €515,000 in 2022.

We know that he sold his house in Monkstown for €1.315m in 2015 (having bought it for €1.15m in 2013)

So let's look at the facts: We know he was earning between half and 3/4 of a million a year for the past 15 years (and he didn't just start then) and has been successful in disposing of a property asset. All these figures are publicly available - I'm just not littering the post with links and dealing with copying and pasting, but you can verify them all. And the wages aren't just according to The Indo - they're all in RTE's mandated disclosures.

Of course, there's people who earn huge money but go broke. Bad investments, debts, opulent lifestyles. But there's absolutely no evidence of that with Tubridy - on the on the contrary, he seems to be a rather low key person in terms of lifestyle.

But in general, if you knew anyone else with a financial history like that, it wouldn't be controversial at all to describe them as "wealthy", and doing so wouldn't be dismissed off hand as "speculation".

I don't see why there's a double standard when these same figures actually do apply to Tubridy as verifiable facts.

Listened to about 15 mins of his show yesterday. It wasn't great, real pre-record feel to it.

You post about the negativity towards RT on this & other threads ad infinitum, yet you're all over them like a rash.... A common denominator indeed

I doubt he'd be happy to see out his working life in his current slot. But what if there was a better paid and better suited to his 'talents' opportunity for him in London?

Not immediately obvious where that would be. BBC radio 2 wouldn’t want him now. Can’t see any Bauer station or Global station taking him either. Tv wise I’m sure he could pick up something but not sure it would pay his rent on the flat

It's an excruciating read indeed. I think it was written by one of NKs interns who collated the Insta, indo & extra.ie posts, & RT threw in extras like the names of cafes & shops & tube lines.

If Prof Anthony Clare (RIP) was still alive, an interview with Tubs would be just the ticket to unravel the misery & bluster behind the Adrian Mole 13 &1/4 style diart for a national newspaper.

"She's not holed up in a 1bed flat on the borders of Kiburn waiting for him to come home exhausted after a 3 hour working day, to turn the pages of the books he pretends to read."

Thank you for a genuine LOL!!!

He went from depending on a dozen researchers and skivvies in RTE to do his job for him, to landing a number in Virgin that is so vapid and fluffy, practically no prep is required. Listen to auto-chosen playlist and read texts. I'd say he's wafting in at 9.50am like a pungent fart and his chair is spinning empty in the studio at 1.05!

Still, a massively stressful workload for this gilded prince.

"While many would find his level of fame overwhelming,"

Now come on.

It's not "fame" to be recognized if you're a television presenter on screen all the time.

Getting recognized is really a metric for people like young actors/actresses and singers. NOT people plastered on tv. Young females particularly blend in a bit sometimes and their look changing, so if they're getting recognized they know they've made it. Tubridy is also so odd-looking it's also a face that's hard to forget.

Is Marty Whelan more famous than Cillian Murphy? I bet people would recognize him more.

It's also obviously only Irish people that recognize him and maybe a small handful of people in the UK if his picture has been in the newspapers interested in that he might be like Terry Wogan. Thinking this is one of the best presenters in Ireland today.

Are they ever getting Dee in front of a Dail committee?

If she's still "unwell" someone should set up a gofundme for her medical expenses