Ryan Tubridy lists '7 untruths' about pay scandal in explosive Oireachtas opening statement

RTÉ have already fired back at the former Late Late Show host.
Ryan Tubridy has released an explosive opening statement ahead of his meetings with the Oireachtas today. In it, he takes aim at RTÉ management, citing seven "untruths" that have been circulating.
The presenter will first face the Public Accounts Committee this morning, Tuesday July 11, with his agent Noel Kelly.
Before the meeting has even taken place, both Tubridy and RTÉ have issued statements taking aim at each other.
Tubridy's statement about RTÉ's "untruths" reads as follows:
“The first untruth is : The claim that I did not take a pay cut from RTÉ in 2020.
“This is not true. I took a 20% pay cut from RTÉ in my 2020-2025 contract. That’s it. I took a 20% pay cut from RTÉ. I am obliged to do 205 Radio shows and 38 live 2-hour Late Late Shows under this contract.
“I am an independent contractor. I get no pension or entitlements from RTÉ. Under the terms of my contract I am allowed to do additional work outside of RTÉ. I stress that there is nothing morally, ethically or legally wrong with me or any independent contractor doing additional work for another client outside of RTÉ.
“But to be clear- I took a pay cut from RTÉ of 20% in 2020 for each of the five years of my contract, at a cost of €525,000 to me over the length of that contract.
“The second untruth is: The suggestion that my decision to retire from the Late Late Show was prompted by this whole debacle?
“This is not true. I was not aware of any of this debacle when I decided to retire from the Late Late Show
“I made my initial decision to leave The Late Late Show almost a year ago. Around this time, I mentioned it to those closest to me, my family and my agent. They were surprised, very surprised to say the least.
“I explained to them that, among other things, I had left a lot on the studio floor after Covid. I was burnt out and exhausted - like so many people in the country. I turned it over in my mind over a few months, but by the time I got to January, I was absolutely certain of my decision. I was convinced that it was time to go.
“There is ZERO connection between my departure and this very raw situation of recent weeks.
I informed management on March 13th of this year. I first became aware of the Grant Thornton review in May - some two months later. Even then, I had no inkling of the bombshell which was to come when RTÉ released their statement on June 22nd.
“The third untruth is: That I was covertly or secretly ‘overpaid’ by RTÉ. This is not true. I was not overpaid by RTÉ at any point. I fully accept I am very well-paid but I was paid fully in accordance with my contract, which my agent negotiated openly, honestly and in good faith. There are no over-payments.
“There are RTÉ’s under-declarations - which we challenged them on back in 2020- and there are RTÉ’s over-declarations of what they actually paid me in 2020 and 2021. This has caused justifiable anger among my colleagues. I understand their anger. The upshot of RTÉ’s inaccurate declarations is an impression that I have been less than honest. This is not the case.
“The fourth untruth is: That I was aware that RTÉ were trying to conceal payments to me This is not true. I was not aware that RTÉ were concealing payments to me. RTÉ acknowledge this in their statement of 27th June 2023 when they stated that Grant Thornton had made no findings against me.
“The fifth untruth: That there was a secret agreement with Renault that I tried to conceal.
“The sixth untruth: That RTÉ’s underwriting of Renault’s payment obligations was a secret.
“This is not true. RTÉ’s underwriting of Renault’s payment obligations was NOT a secret. As the documents we have prepared for you today show, and as my agent will explain in more detail,
“RTÉ committed in February 2020 to provide this guarantee in the early stages of contract negotiations around my 2020-2025 contract. This is unequivocally confirmed in an email dated 20 February 2020 from Breda O’Keeffe to my agent. It was copied to other members of the executive board, the DG and RTÉ’s solicitors’ office. Everyone in RTE who needed to know knew. (You’ll find this on page 10 of the booklet of documents provided to you this morning).

[@dayglow9388]

Brings a tear to the eye. I've started a whip-round here at work

[@nicoladollard1845]

😂😂 brilliant yeah the poor crater really has fallen on hard time now

[@DrewCookeDublin]

I'd say his bathroom mirror is sick of the sight of him.

[@Marjopolo302]

If he was underpaid 1,500 , he wud know about it and challenge it.

[@hartley339]

Lol.. Dead right.

[@heyya99]

In his defence, he was paid what he expected. It's the reporting of the figure that is the issue.

[@Marjopolo302]

@@heyya99 fact.

[@mbd6054]

​@@heyya99 Exactly, and it was RTE that messed up, not Tubridy, but RTE tried to make him the scapegoat.

[@ksk3803]

so he didn't think there was anything dodgy about sending invoices to companies he never heard of and been told to put them down as consultant fee's

[@johnnorth1961]

He wouldn't get on Fair City cos that's the best acting I've ever seen

[@user-rd1sv3bq9o]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@patrickryan5570]

Ryan puts himself forward as a victim of this RTE scandal - His agent sits there like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth - The funniest part is Ryan says this whole fiasco is all smoke and mirrors for there's no clarity - Everyone is confused on what is going on at RTE - So he begins with his own 7 untruths which quite frankly was pretty much more smoke and mirrors - I have to hand it to him for he is an excellent communicator and part of me wanted to present him with an Oscar straight off the bat - Nonetheless it does feel like we are still very much still down the rabbit hole - The Ryan Show is a pantomime sideshow - The bottom line is RTE have lost the trust of the public.

[@Bpg5012trick]

He'll just get a job with one of the other Irish TV stations.

[@patrickryan5570]

@@Bpg5012trick YEP - he'll be back on the telly or radio soon enough - that Noel Kelly has been cut to pieces by the committee today - HE's a proper Arfur Daley

[@briank10101]

Remember when he asked Jamie Lee O'Donnell from Derry Girls her age.... hazard pay!

[@3252Amethyst]

She is a nasty piece of work in real life who has gotten above her station. What is wrong with people knowing her age? She obviously looks older and is trying to protect her image.

[@historynownvtv4519]

Like a Golden Cleric acceptance speech. "and now we move on to liars...."

[@TheWardagh]

😂😂😂😂

[@raybo64]

You must be referring to the Shinner in green

[@newday2447]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christianmccann9400]

​@@raybo64wtf is wrong with you .. every comment you make .. you mention the Shinners, you know they are not the ones in power .. yet

[@consywonsy]

@@raybo64 who? Deranged

[@PaulMelia]

Sounds like a politician talking to politicians

[@laoch5658]

Ryan is the nephew of former MEP Niall Andrews and former government minister David Andrews.

[@franceskane1151]

Father ted the money was only resting in my account

[@Dubgirl78]

Politics runs in his family. His grandparents were rebels ffs the man is innocent

[@Dubgirl78]

​@@franceskane1151😂😂😂😂

[@novo611]

How disgusting and repulsive are these people. Shameful. But these would put an ordinary person who's struggling in prison for not paying their their licence. Do you hear him he took a pay cut out of how much ryan your pay cut is what most people make in years Shame shame shame

[@peterroycroft6433]

Most people do not have the skills that Ryan Tubridy has - that's the reason. He's clearly very gifted and very much cherished by a huge listenership in Ireland.

[@CptDieHard]

Sure, Ryan…🤣

[@franceskane1151]

Father ted the money only resting in my account

[@peterjwalsh5085]

I wouldn't beleive the Lords prayer from that man's mouth

[@johndoe2769]

One set of rules for the elites - one set of rules for the rest of us. never forget it

[@margaretcooke9878]

lt not what you know its who you know

[@orls9068]

@@jgal7979Maybe they done that on purpose to drive the point home?

[@jgal7979]

@@orls9068 sorry, yes. That was petty

[@robogarda]

And it will never change...

[@johnking5174]

Oh it must be serious when Tubs wears his glasses.

[@DianeD862]

Your so mean give Ryan a break .Just look at all he has done especially in Covid.Keeping the musicians going on the late late show.Can’t see what he’s done wrong.🇮🇪🇮🇪💟💟

[@johnking5174]

@@DianeD862 Where in my sentence above did I mention anything about Ryan's problems at RTE? Read my sentence again - "Oh it must be serious when Tubs wears his glasses" - I think you will find this is simply having a little dig at someone's style when they want to appear serious. If you read anything more into that simple one line of 10 words, then that is what is in your mind, and not mine.

[@ollie6062]

If I was Renault I'd be thinking long and hard about RTE going forward.

[@nathanhart19191]

They’ve a three year contact with RTE, theyr a year into it, so we’ve two more years of it

[@jacktherack9551]

He will probably get a job with Renault, as a car salesman,,🤣

[@TheHorsebox2]

But isn't there something terribly nostalgic about putting a car in reverse...it takes you back.

[@damo0078]

Never buy Renault again !😡

[@eoinjamesmadden3385]

20% paycut and still earning hundreds of thousands a year, gimme a break

[@bobsemple9341]

Facts are facts

[@franceskane1151]

Money only resting in my account father ted

[@matthewgorman1307]

I had nothing to hide but hide itself.

[@seannolan427]

You think RTE is bad ,if you only knew what goes on in the GAA you would be really shocked 😂

[@johnnolan8380]

Biggest thieving c**ts of the lot,and full off an gardai of course

[@smashyrashy]

I've no doubt, the GAA is rotten to the core. Gaa Go is an absolute rip off it would be another story if they paid the players even minimum wage but they don't.

[@5888max]

I moved to Ireland in 2016 , and have been really surprised at how corrupt all the institutions seem to be and it's not hidden. Story's like this all over the Media . but people don't really seem to care . People Re-elect proven corrupt TD's and ignore the head of the Garda husband misusing a police credit card , the Olympic head escaping out of a hotel window and various public figures lying and being could out with seemingly no Consequences. But ordinary people seem very honest in their own lives , confusing

[@Sasso-pf1mo]

What goes on?

[@itabrennan7420]

I believe you.

[@nightshift4587]

He talks here like everyone there and listening are his friends. Talking about cards and sympathy, is completely inappropriate.

[@cantbelieveimhere2935]

He's been extremely well coached in the run-up to this. Why these clowns are asking the questions is bonkers, there should be a panel of experts of accountants, etc.

[@raybo64]

Clowns is right. As for Tubridy, he's had time to remind himself about what happened and he would have been a fool not to go over it. Now, look at the jumping clowns bullshitting. They had more time but all they can do is bluster. Incapable FOOLS.

[@ViDuhy]

He brought in a team in the.last 2 weeks to advise him

[@Marjopolo302]

I agree, the over paid questioning the overpaid

[@ofeyofey]

€535,000 and there's some for everyone in the audience.

[@Celtic2Realms]

Thought the agent was Ned Kelly

[@roadwarrior8560]

Everyone should refuse to pay the licence fee, anyone who does pay it now is just a fool. disgusted by Rte and Tubridy and his kind, people cannot afford to heat their homes and put food on the table but the likes of this pratt is getting 500k plus from the licence fee?? wake up for Gods sake people.

[@adamdaly3236]

The top job on irish TV has always been the late late show. Gaybo was the top of the pyramid. Then we'd Pat (let's not talk about that part) then Ryan. You don't get the late late job by not being the best in your field he is. He's just a pawn on a chess board RTE management are the pieces you don't see. Whatever about how much he was paid he paid all his taxes on everything cause he's a decent guy. He didn't have membership to a private soho club paid by RTE or he wasn't at the champions league paid for by RTE.

[@consywonsy]

@@adamdaly3236 you get the job by knowing who you need to know. he has/had more power & influence at RTE than many in management there, as his fruitful relationship with his erstwhile boss Dee Forbes indicates. being a "decent guy" won't get you out of a court summons for an unpaid tv licence nor a jail sentence. the sum he was paid is precisely the fulcrum of this issue, not soho club or season tickets, which you can be sure he received gratis in any case. he may seem a convenient scapegoat for RTE but he's symbolic of the rot rife throughout the likes of D4 and the rest of the country, let him squirm

[@michaeldevaney5728]

Tubridy is obviously an extremely intelligent man hees a fantastic talker

[@AubreySkelly]

A fog of confusion of how much money I had in my Bank account. Or was I only looking after it 😅

[@DINKL8ERG]

People went to jail for avoiding a fee to watch Mr tubberty and Co. All the above should be punished

[@chestypants78]

Noel Kelly must have been advised to avoid the black pinstripe suit. The gangster look would have been a bad choice.

[@dracarnoir7606]

He must be genuine if he wears glasses . I think he should get more money.

[@FlameFlickers]

I suspect his legal team spent all week weighing up whether having him arrive in a wheelchair or on crutches might stir up some public sympathy!

[@itabrennan7420]

"And now for my second untruth". That is all I needed to hear.

[@stephenbarron4582]

you know Ryan is lying when his mouth is moving.

[@damienocallaghan3906]

He will not get back in to RTE...... He will go to the BBC Another excellent Company

[@artomarto679]

How and why would you believe a word coming out of his mouth.

[@raybo64]

What should we not believe then?

[@mbd6054]

He is a credible and decent man. He has never given the public a reason to doubt his integrity. Therefore, we believe him. Why are you so adamantly doubting him? That's more to the point. Perhaps you could enlighten us.

[@alanphelan9108]

Because he is a spokesperson in the propaganda machine that is RTE. if you haven’t realised that yet after the whole Covid debacle then pull up your mask and get in line for your next booster because you are a lost cause.

[@mbd6054]

@@skulver Yes. The records, contracts, accounts, etc., are there to be seen. Tubridy did nothing wrong.

[@adamdaly3236]

Cause the tabloids and RTE management say otherwise. He's defending his name and he's every right to clear it. Go to court your innocent till proven guilty. He's guilty by Chinese whispers. The average person doesn't blame Ryan the blame RTE management

[@patricksarsfield5138]

Why is Ryan defending himself. As the old adage goes.....when you're defending, you're losing.

[@Mickywongtong198]

Absouletly disguisting. This man sat on the late late show for years lecturing the rest of us commoniers about how unmoral we all are and what a virtuous shining light he is and it turns out hes no better than a common tea leaf. If any of us commoners was caught doing half this we would be jailed and there wouldnt be a word about it.

[@annelawton6783]

And shut down former President Mary Robinson on one if the only shows I’ve watched when she tried to speak about climate crisis.

[@darrenmullally766]

@@annelawton6783so what as he done wrong ??

[@davidmcinerney4508]

So he's the HERO in this story

[@MOSSFEEN]

Jesus Give this man an OSCAR that was some Powerful Acting 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yermanoffthetelly]

He wouldn't get a part on Fair City with that performance. I was waiting for him to say: “But eventually, I got out of his headlock. And now, where are you, Father Eamonn Hunter? Working with some pygmies in the South Seas. And where am I? Here at the Public Accounts Committee for being a top presenter” “And now, we move on, to liars...” 😂😂😂

[@goarchie16]

You know nothing about acting. 😂😂😂😂

[@jackieosullivan8461]

I watched all of the broadcast today. Noel Kelly came across as a very shady character. I don't believe for a second that Ryan didn't know what was going on as regards negotiating his contract or the fact that he didn't know this tsunami was coming until late June! But, on the whole, I believe him to be a decent enough guy and that at the moment there is a witch hunt going on through all sources of media. I believe the real villains in this is Noel Kelly and rte. I feel sorry for Ryan's daughters and his family. My license was due to be paid at the end of June, I haven't paid it and don't think I will!

[@andunabu3238]

NK is a slippery boyo!

[@ritadonnelly8820]

shady understand 😂

[@lauragavin9923]

Ryan is no saint he knew exactly what he was doing and thought nothing would come if it. When he realised it would become public knowledge .. he left the Late Late Show.

[@jammyfeen]

How can he possibly go back on the air at RTE?? All of his work colleagues on his show (many on reportedly small money) took pay cuts during COVID. He preached about everyone doing his bit while at the same time he's getting paid in this underhanded way. I'd expect that many of his work colleagues must be livid over this. It would be hard for them to work with him again.

[@johnprice1580]

Couldn't agree with you more. Ryan has extremely high morals that most of us morals cant live up to. He has spent the entire Covod pandemic preaching to be kind, resourceful, empathetic, aware and useful. I am a front line worker and was never and will neber be recognised. It hurts that an overpaid journalists views are accepted and rewarded more than the honest working person. I miss Ireland.

[@Natedawg38]

Ah the ole glasses trick

[@thedarkhugheshughes2640]

He has never said once that he will give the money back

[@grose2272]

Yep!

[@scarred10]

Why should he,its rte fault

[@garyallen9901]

Poor Ryan how emotional he is. Let's leave him off😅

[@grose2272]

Ryan is going round in circles here with absolutely no explanation of why he was given that golden hand shake!😂😂😂😂 he also still took it as well..

[@RedOakCrow]

He built a career the like of which...the world has never seen, the like of which.

[@johnmcternan4157]

Very Well. Put on the kettle Stephanie. 🤣 Strides towards window and opens it.

[@liamoconnor9296]

Reeks of P Flynn's legendary houskeeper speech

[@ShiftDrift-kh6wb]

Tubridy is done. I love it

[@ruthlesstruthful]

Thank you for coming here on my command 🤣 get out of it !! Voluntarily or not you were being summoned

[@ggwalie]

Absolutely unconvincing. Nice attempt but too theatrical for me. Rehearsed. Complete performance.

[@endanolan9457]

Jaysus it would bring a tear to a glass eye how he’s getting treated and paid so badly. Probably needs a go fund me page to dig him out

[@johncostelloe743]

Over paid over privileged poor me😢

[@johnmcternan4157]

"My name is Walter White, this is my confession."

[@johndoe2769]

Other sites with comments turned off...Never watch something with comments off, why would they not let us speak.

[@SE-hi3my]

Because some of us are impatient idiots 😂

[@gerishine3584]

Those with nothing to hide, hide nothing....isn't that right Ms Forbes???

[@adamh1005]

Not surprised his approach is to throw RTE under the bus 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@tcod3137]

Ryan is a legend in his own mind! Gimp!

[@damienocallaghan3906]

He will run off to the BBC..........😀

[@damienocallaghan3906]

It is hard to believe but according to SOME of the Media The TWIG would be welcome back in RTE. I doubt it but nothing surprises me anymore. We are nearly in August......A slow Media Month which is also known as The Silly Season @@markdonnelly6921

[@overman2306]

He talks for a living. So don't be fooled. He's an expert at this.

[@cazii9419]

Facts are facts it doesn’t matter if you think he’s fooling people he has the facts not you

[@grimreaper1149]

​@@cazii9419🤡

[@overman2306]

@cazii9419 I think he was smart enough not to put anything in writing. It may be a little naive to think they didn't have backroom off the books conversations.

[@nightshift3720]

​@@cazii9419Where are the facts, where is the investigation. You have nothing, just like Tubridy and his money grabbing manager.

[@joeypower6220]

​@@cazii9419coke head

[@ymy60y]

Missing the point really, the question that has to be asked is, does any of the staff in RTE want this guy back? If Mr Tubridy returns to RTE I imagine the opinion of his much less paid staff colleagues will be in the gutter and the reception he will receive will be frosty to say the least. This guy is now toxic and if RTE want to repair their reputation and respect their staff Mr Tubridy needs to go. Work in the private sector and see what value they put on him, I don't think its going to be €400000+ per year.

[@lawnseed1500]

You cannot be an independent contractor only working primarily for one employer. You become an employee. The revenue have questions to answer about how rte employee's are treated

[@conorgilligan2056]

You can. It's a common practice in multinational companies

[@lawnseed1500]

@@conorgilligan2056 if your work does not involve a specific task like you own a truck and you pull trailers for a larger company your a subcontractors. If you turn up at a specific time and work in an office using a company's computer your an employee. Is being a radio presenter really a contractor. Do you provide your own transmitter or own your own studio? I think the claim to being a "contractor" persay is dubious at best. Is he vat registered, does he pay his own insurance like public liability insurance. How come other people at rte are employees. Tubridy may be a contractor. This is tenuous. If you ask the ordinary punters on the street who does Ryan tubridy work for everyone of them will say rte. They won't say self employed. This is enough for me to say that he's not actually a contractor he's an employee. This is obviously a ruse to get him out of paying paye and into company tax and all the loopholes that go with it.

[@user-in7hz1nu8l]

The names were taken off the invoice which Kelly agreed to. That is deceptive behaviour at best

[@brendancunniffe3316]

Such a sense of entitlement. Breathtaking arrogance from this guy. I believe this has finished him as a credible broadcaster in Ireland.

[@raybo64]

So you don't believe what he had to say. Fair enough. Tell us why so I can begin to follow your understanding and interpretation, please.

[@agf1700]

Without mentioning the money side, I’m sorry but I do not believe that his retirement had nothing to do with what was about to be exposed. Too coincidental.

[@daviddoran2116]

​@raybo64 he agreed to take a pay cut then rte pay him am additional 75000 through a middle man account and into an account that is anonymous so the payment would not look like it cam from rte , what more do u want?

[@smashyrashy]

​@@raybo64shut up ray

[@TheAtticradio]

RTÉ revealing how badly they’re run … wouldn’t be a fan of r tubridy - but he’s less complicit than the rest … what a mess!!

[@grizzyb4149]

Toy Man thinks responsibility is a game.

[@bosullivan5462]

Ryan is just one of many overpaid lightweights in RTE. He was totally aware of his pay and where the money was coming from. His Agent surely was aware of this. RTE should have treated these 'talent!' like the ordinary performers that they are. Bottom line Ryan is that you should have queried more issues to do with your pay than did as a public figure.

[@ritadonnelly8820]

pat Kenny that useless ray Darcy Clare Byrne Marty that lad from cork mireman genuinely wast of money Darcy biggest waster

[@Silentpeeinurine]

"The money was resting in my account, Dougal".

[@peadergrange5420]

The state broadcaster being questions by thee state politics is like the blind leading the blind

[@grose2272]

It's all just a set up! I seen the smiles across the room to one another while discussing the car!

[@DAGATHire]

@@grose2272 its no set up ya conspiricy theory gobshite. Its a serious matter.

[@navajojoe6021]

No, it's one shower of cute hoors leading another shower of cute hoors

[@Bpg5012trick]

Don't worry the other Irish TV channels will pick Tubridy up.

[@laoch5658]

its communism

[@margaretbingham468]

Actions Not Words -- GIVE THE MONEY BACK! Or; EVEN CHARITY!

[@Thedar561]

A charity ??? Don’t get me started on that scam show 🤣 Charities are worse than any organisation for money grabbing

[@Marjopolo302]

He wrote that statement ???? My fk he did

[@MikeyJMJ]

What melons are sending a millionaire letters of support and patting him on the back saying "you'll get through this". Lock them up with him

[@PlushyPlay1]

The ones who write in the address part Ryan Tubridy Dublin 😂

[@davidmcinerney4508]

The double jabbed mask wearing eejits sending him letters

[@mbd6054]

Why are you using a Trumpist war chant to discuss Irish broadcasting?

[@wyoming99]

Criminals sometimes wear suits. We know all too well this in Ireland… give it back. And then disappear. That’s all we want Ryan

[@grose2272]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jamesj2120]

Well that clears everything up - clear as alluvial mud now!

[@tonyflanagan8265]

Hes entitles to clear his name is he not ?

[@kathleenkeane4364]

Your sorry, because you got caught. No confusion, just gansters

[@brucestark8998]

This was recommended after Alan Partridge ‘corporate work’ podcast 😂😂

[@harryocallaghan8082]

Complete snake

[@smashyrashy]

He may be telling the truth but you can be absolutely sure he left many things out. They have hin well trained over the years on little words and phrases to get him out of trouble. He will never bad mouth rte or accidentally call himself out but his days are hopefully numbered.

[@chazdx]

the poor guy gets no pension 🤣🤡

[@garyrowe58]

True - like all self-employed people, he doesn't get a pension provided by his employer - as all of the rte bigwigs will get, and for huge sums - and he puts his own money in.

[@jamescoughlan8193]

We all need to start a gofundme for poor tubridy he had to take a pay CUT in 2020 poor poor man. We need to make sure he's comfortable .

[@MrKieranthompson]

He acknowledged that he’s extremely well paid, and was mentioning that to prove a point that he actually took a loss of 20%

[@Digidan5]

projecting much? you do realise this comment just makes you look jealous af right?

[@jamescoughlan8193]

@@MrKieranthompson my heart goes out to him

[@jamescoughlan8193]

@@MrKieranthompson and he has no rte pension either it's terrible , we should all pay more perhaps increased rate licence fee so rte might right the wrong and make sure he gets a pension.

[@mbd6054]

​@@jamescoughlan8193 He mentioned the point only to correct the misinformation RTE had put out about him. If you have an issue with people receiving high salaries, don't use one person as a whipping boy.

[@tekken278]

"I was burnt out after covid"...lol ..he's clearly never spent a day on a building site..elitism is rampant in Ireland.

[@unasperanza9803]

All th e propaganda took its toll

[@Bertaut]

Yeah, because someone can only be burnt out after physical labour. 🙄🙄🙄

[@tekken278]

@@Bertaut you get burnt out doing lots of things..9-10 in the morning on the radio talking isn't one of them.

[@johnmcternan4157]

He has such lovely soft hands.

[@ViDuhy]

Or a hospital

[@johnking5174]

I am in the UK and this story has made it on to our own news bulletins including on Channel 4 News, where I really had a great laugh when the newsreader Krishnan Guru-Murthy totally made a pigs breakfast of Ryan's surname Tubridy

[@andrewcowman8731]

C4 News is absolutely crap & biased.

[@johnking5174]

@@andrewcowman8731 Let me guess, you are a GB News and/or Talk TV viewer?

[@Bpg5012trick]

​@@johnking5174 Let me guess, you most watch them as well.

[@LiffeyKing]

I gave up watching C4 news because of Guru Murthy's smug self righteous line of questioning in most of his interviews!

[@kingdingaling8709]

So for those that don’t know tubridys team only furnished the committee withe the missing 38 pages of documents this morning so that they couldn’t study them to find the rest of the irregularities. He volunteered himself after a lot of coaching and rehearsing the poor mouth routine.

[@tlindsay1819]

😂😂😂😂 what a Corrupt system we have ireland...

[@RE8INA]

All the money going to the big shots in rte are definitely all getting overpaid in general for the type of jobs they do. Doctors, nurses, hospitals and other care settings are the ones that need money not ones on a chatshow

[@manithangavalu7885]

No pensions entitlement from RTE? You don't need one, you've been pocketing the excess cash to your hearts content. Sssh! Mum is the word!

[@markkennedy9767]

They certainly made the "fog of confusion" even foggier. That Noel Kelly fella loves the "fog of confusion".

[@StepDub]

I earn how much? Seriously? Wow! This was the best performance that Tubbs has ever given. Pity his wooden and stilted work for RTE was so handsomely and lavishly rewarded then.

[@TherealBrendanHayesFilmMaker]

Ryan should be a politician himself.

[@user-rd1sv3bq9o]

I was thinking the same

[@oldomurchu4462]

He is and he pushed the coolaid like a drug dealer. Experimental technology No long term effect data No liability

[@oldomurchu4462]

Sudden death.

[@oldomurchu4462]

Blood clots and heart attacks.

[@andunabu3238]

Yea a right wing self entitled politician

[@roisincos]

I think hes honest in his speech tbh

[@action963]

His agent got RTE to underwrite a commercial Renault contract. Public funds bridged the payments

[@lauragavin9923]

The world is a stage. Great acting by Ryan but not convincing. His political days are coming in handy.

[@roadwarrior8560]

Ryan Tubridy is saying he’s going to pay back money for work not done to an organisation he didn’t know was paying him that he billed for in an unorthodox way via a UK company he had never heard of through an invoice with no name and a wrong description sent via his agent’s second firm.” When combined with the knowledge that Tubridy never corrected or questioned his publicly stated salary I think it would take incredible naivety to believe he wasn’t knowingly attempting to hide his salary from the public and from other employees. He had to be seen to take the paycut for public perception and colleague solidarity but also wanted to retain his earnings and this was the solution. He should take responsibility for this and resign. Unfortunately it seems we’re passed that stage and he’ll have to be pushed by RTE which will no doubt lead to claims of victimhood and cancel culture.

[@lauragavin9923]

🤔So Ryan was aware of his pay cut but not his extremely high pay rise.

[@LarryFogarty]

oh what a lovely diversion for the goverment..with the massive massive overspend probably a billion on the childrens hospitial...its that shower that should be held to task

[@johnnorth1961]

Awww he didn't ask questions, but he said he didn't know he was getting extra payments so why is he saying he should have asked questions

[@mariadurnin1747]

Awww he didn’t take 120 thousand.. Bless

[@mbd6054]

RTE had said he received that sum. He corrected the record. What is your problem?

[@MattESchmidt]

Ryan - you new rightly what was going on. Shame on you and all those others involved in this. You should have done the honarable thing and given back all monies paid to you by RTE

[@Chris-un1ll]

Shouldn't be this difficult. The truth is simple and straightforward.

[@grose2272]

EXSACTLY- it's obvious their floundering!

[@SeanT649]

He's telling the truth, I wouldn't have asked how they were going to get the money to pay me my agreed salary either. To be perfectly honest, I have never even heard of that.

[@unasperanza9803]

If that salary comes from the people by a forced payment of TV licence and they will jail you if you don't pay I would be very conscious of where my money comes from..

[@kingdingaling8709]

It’s the fact he hid it when he new it was much higher than the published amount and especially when it’s coming from tax payers

[@SeanT649]

@@kingdingaling8709 did he hide it though I don’t know about that .I think it’s perfectly acceptable to leave your contract and payment details to your accountant ,agent and employer and assume that none of them are in any way dodgy .The management of money in RTE is the problem not Ryan Tubridy .The management need chucking out and a new team prioritising transparency put in and then that’s that .

[@eamonsweeney5000]

@@unasperanza9803by that logic every civil servant should ask. What % of civil servants do you think do?

[@monkeykingeater]

If my employer (in this hypothetical, a partially publicly funded body) published my earnings and they differed from what I was actually getting by >150k in a year, I'd be asking questions, and I ought to be held to account if I didn't

[@marckenny3131]

Self entitled social elite! 😡

[@peterroycroft6433]

What does 'self entitled' mean?

[@artomarto679]

This 1950s throwback is so wooden he makes Bosco look like Daniel Day Lewis

[@BatTaz19]

​@@artomarto679He makes Pat Kenny look like Daniel Day Lewis. 😂

[@mariaobrien8228]

marckenny ahh you struggling ? Jealous of successful people?

[@marckenny3131]

@@mariaobrien8228 i would place money on it, that I my assists far exceed yours😉 corruption is the issue here, you don't have the moral fibre or intelligence to understand this🤔

[@yrrab2381]

He doesn't know anything about contracts and whatnot , but he makes a big statement to deputy Murphy about a contract and it was crazy , his lies are falling apart, ah tubs playing the poor victim and he knew exactly what was happening

[@raybo64]

What was crazy? Ok, you seem to know a lot, so tell us what was happening. The Shinner in green and Alan Kelly should be able to help you there cos they know so much.

[@mbd6054]

Specify what you're talking about, please. Vague waffle is not convincing.

[@fergusbrady3229]

If anybody likes to hear Ryan Tubrity, then pay a subscription to listen to him. Why should people be forced to pay to not listen to him.

[@joeythelipz]

“Ryan Tubridy….DUBLIN”

[@Jim54_]

According to RTE every national issue is a ‘crisis’. Very telling that they are not labelling this Fiasco as such 😂

[@austinmoore5481]

Give the money to the poor people who have no homes

[@davidclarke8750]

Can't stand him but I think they tried to destroy him to save themselves

[@IsmiseEireannach]

Children's hospital has run way behind completion time and about a billion euro over budget.... But thats grand 🦧.

[@bluedale6563]

a natural politician ,,,,,,sounds like a politician and a parish priest.....

[@sibelgeraghty4570]

😂😂😂

[@Pelennor]

Ryan's Slaughter.

[@garyrowe58]

Remember, it was RTE who chose to pay him so much. And it was RTE who decided to make such a haims (sp?) of it. You may think of him as you will, but RTE execs are tripping over themselves to say as little as possible. I dont like him, never have, but a lot of the problem seems to have been self-inflicted by the board of RTE

[@BatTaz19]

He's obviously complicit 😮

[@mollward5041]

He obviously isn’t……

[@mbd6054]

​@@BatTaz19 He's obviously done nothing wrong.

[@kingofcelts]

Oh look, a large chunk of money just appeared in my account from a third party. Nothing to see here, I know nothing..

[@mbd6054]

@@kingofcelts When did he say that, and why would you invent a story to defame him???

[@vasylivanenko7304]

It's hard to believe this talking.