No Ryan, you were not the fall guy.
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness, ex-Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, says that Media Minister Catherine Martin has shown “poor judgement” in her handling of the RTÉ crisis, and says RTÉ may only be the tip of the iceberg regarding wasteful State-funded bodies.
The lack of any real reform to RTE in the months since the Tubridy payment scandal has been obvious, and once again blame for that should fall at the feet of the Chairwoman of the Board.
Media Minister Catherine Martin when asked if she accepts that people boycotting the TV license don’t want to fund RTÉ in any way: “What I would say to that is that the TV license is the law of the land, so it needs to be paid…it funds public service broadcasting.”
What generally happens in Ireland with scandals is not that they get resolved, but simply that the public gets bored with them and moves on.
Top salary of €515,000
“A dysfunctional relationship.”
The bad news just keeps coming for RTE.
“I think it is only right.”
After all, if Tubridy was expendable, why wouldn’t they be?
No consequences.
The public wants somebody to pay for this mess, and that person must be someone they can identify with.