'But while Tubs enjoyed the wealthy trappings of fame, the rank and file staff who kept RTE ticking over day to day, suffered the consequences of austerity and recession.'
The national broadcaster is now a dead duck and will never ever regain the trust of the public that it enjoyed for years.The station told us their biggest star had taken a pay cut, they published his alleged salary year after year. Then lo and behold it turns out to be all lies.He was receiving secret cash payments to the tune of €345,000 via a mysterious account to make up the difference and ensure he wasn't at a financial loss.
But yet his moral compass vanished when he allowed his earnings to be published by the station when he and his agent both knew the figures were wrong, inaccurate and misleading. The hero of RTE, the brave, incredible Charlie Bird who is fighting for his life with MND, must be scratching his head in disbelief at the events of the last week and how the station he loved so much has been brought to his knees.Throughout my life the one place in Ireland we could depend on to tell us the truth was RTE.
The Government and our TDs are rightly trying to find out exactly what went on and who approved of these payments but I suspect it will take months before we get to the truth because all involved will hide behind their lawyers.
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