'It would have ben helpful' if he had said he was sorry - Kevin Bakhurst on Ryan Tubridy
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- Last night, RTE Director General Kevin Bakhurst announced that Ryan Tubridy would not be returning to the national broadcaster. He joins Shane Coleman on Newstalk Breakfast to explain the reasoning behind that decision.
There is no longer any agreement between RTÉ and Ryan Tubridy that he will return a controversial €150,000 payment, according to Director General Kevin Bakhurst.
Mr Bakhurst announced yesterday RTÉ had decided to cease negotiations with Mr Tubridy regarding his return as “trust between the parties has broken down”.
On Newstalk Breakfast this morning, Mr Bakhurst said following a collapse in negotiations, he isn’t sure Mr Tubridy will return a €150,000 payment in connection with the controversial Renault deal.
“Part of the arrangement [for Ryan] to return was that he had agreed he would pay the €150,000 if he returned to us,” he said.
“There’s not an agreement now... It's now a matter for Ryan to make his own decision about that.”
Mr Tubridy issued a statement on Wednesday highlighting the fact the most recent report by Grant Thornton had found no wrongdoing on his part.
While a ‘core agreement’ was in place for the former Late Late Show host to return to his morning slot on Radio One on a salary of €170,000, Mr Bakhurst said “wider issues” could not be resolved.
“RTÉ rightly takes the majority of blame for what has happened in this shameful period," he said.
"But everybody involved needs to take the right amount of blame for their own actions and their teams around them.
“I couldn’t understand [Mr Tubridy’s] inability to accept the €75,000 that he got from RTÉ in the end were part of his overall reward for those two years.
“I don’t think he was correcting the record; he was going back to an old argument.”
Mr Bakhurst said building trust between RTÉ and its audience was essential in negotiations.
“[Ending negotiations] wasn’t a decision taken based on being infuriated, or annoyance or anger,” he said.
“This as a decision take given the circumstances and what was right for RTÉ and building back audiences.”
A return to RTÉ for Mr Tubridy is “unlikely in the immediate future”, according to Mr Bakhurst - but not impossible.
“I wouldn't rule anything out - he’s a very talented broadcaster and he has a connection with significant parts of the audience,” he said.
“He’s also got a lot of other interests in a lot of other areas we might be able to work with him on in the future.”
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How can you justify paying him €170,000 a year for one hour every morning?
Ryan said people need to be honest yet he himself wasn't honest by correcting the error.
I want an 85% off my licence fee. I haven't watched any RTE channels or listened to any RTE radio stations with well over 15 years. 85% of the licence fee goes to RTE so I want a discount for a service I don't use
Being forced to pay the TV licence is like paying tax on a car I don't own.
To those of you who pay for a TV licence, you are also guilty for supporting this evil corruption, you pay their big salaries.
Mr Bakhurst may find he is Ceo of a no pay TV licence audience and zero audience. I think its day is done
It would be Helpfull if r t e told the truth
Let's be brutally honest here, tubridy is gone because he wouldn't accept a pay cut down to 170k, they will tell you a different reason but he like all the "top talant" are motivated by money and lots of it, tubridy is gone and more will likely follow.
RTE is finished..
And now they want the taxpayer to pay for their losses, there's no point in kicking the dog up the hole, when it was the cat that knocked over the milk.
Defund rte
So he lost his job well not to worry I'm sure his millions in the bank will keep him going until he gets another job with a huge salary..
Exonerate 😂
Why should he said “Sorry”?
Ryan Is a scapegoat