Some absolutely hilarious quotes in this Independent article about yesterday's grilling for the RTE management. The way these people speak English? Utterly fucking ridiculous. Nobody talks like that. No one. Bar a bullshitting liar, that is. RTÉ’s acting director general, Adrian Lynch:
'
We wouldn’t give our platform or airwaves to someone who is a public figure or who is involved in a controversy..'
True enough. The Late Late Show usually has a few RTE staff members on the show talking about the show and how they make the show and what working on the show means to them. It's a much cheaper show to put on show that way. Meanwhile, Patrick Kielty walked away in silence on Sunday when asked by the Irish Independent whether he would be willing to disclose his pay. He replied when asked about the RTÉ payments scandal:
'I’ll need a few more beers before I could talk about that..'
Kielty
now wants to make public his RTÉ pay package.
Really? That's a gas. Maybe he should hit the bar in Leinster House for a few drinks with the lads - and then charge them to RTE?
'Mr Varadkar told the Fine Gael parliamentary party that the controversy was very damaging for RTÉ'.
Really? They needed to be
told that? Well fuck me sideways.
'
The Fine Gael leader told colleagues the country needs a public service broadcaster and that 'change and accountability' from RTÉ are 'so important'.
Pa-ha! We've needed a public service broadcaster since the birth of RTE. Still no sign of one though. Nor is there any '
change' or '
accountability' to be found anywhere on the island. RTE say what they're told to say, and they shut up about what they're told to shut up about. There'll be neither change nor accountability: the horse has already bolted. No proper investigation can take place without ex-Director General Dee Forbes present, so the little PAC conclave later today means fuck all - bar a bit of lip service.
'RTÉ always made a virtue of holding everyone to account and to a high standard yet won’t apply those standards to themselves. They need to get with the programme' the source said'.
Snigger: now they're just taking the piss. Ireland has NEVER held anyone to account. That word isn't even in their dictionary. Never will be either. This next one's a right fucking farce:
'Also at the committee, RTÉ bosses said some presenters are ambassadors for cars and 'do have cars' which is done through their agents or themselves.'
What?
Ambassadors for cars, is it? Is that another new state funded quango? Also, what the fuck does '
do have cars' mean? '
Which is done through themselves..' What? What's done? What the fuck does that even
mean? Don't these fuckers speak English?
'RTÉ management also clarified (that) executives knew since 'early March' of the issues surrounding the (5X) €75,000 payments to Tubridy, despite earlier in the committee saying they were only made aware around St Patrick’s Day..'
Which is two weeks later. So they lied. They obfuscated. Which is a crime in itself. When your highest paid
civil servants lie to you, then they aren't Civil Servants, they're
self-servants.
'
The issue was flagged whenever it was (early March at that stage). I was spoken to, the director general was spoken to' Mr Collins said.
Spoken to? About what? The weather? The game? How to piss straight while standing up? These fuckers are laughing at you. This isn't an investigation.
This is a charade. They have fuck all intention of telling anyone what the fuck went on, and they know that this investigation will soon run out of steam because its star witness is currently in '
the care of medical professionals'.
Without her testimony, all the legal wrangling and chicanery in the world won't get to the bottom of this. They knew that as soon as Forbes mentioned herself visiting the local GP - for a sick note.
But it'll be fun to watch it all play out. For me, anyway - maybe not so much for you guys stuck on the little island. Does Ireland ever stop making herself look like a right fucking knacker? When are the Garda going to step in? This clown show's gone far enough already.
I'll tell you this much: the Senior Cycle College in Ballyer has all the talent (
plus some more) that you'll ever need to replace RTE. Those students create and manage their media because
they love it. It's in their blood, they have a passion for it, and they're winning awards all over the place. Swap the
RTE campus for the
SCC campus in Ballyer and Bob's your proverbial. A good job, and well done.
Ryan Tubridy’s future in RTÉ is now in grave doubt as the scandal around his secret payments widens.
www.independent.ie
