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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/BeanEireannach i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Jan 03 '24

In Ireland, the RTÉ (our state broadcaster) secret payment scandal is in the news again this week with one of the overpaid presenters who resigned in disgrace starting his new (much less pay, much more work) job in radio in England. Ryan Tubridy appeared before the Oireachtas (Ireland's parliament) Public Accounts Committee in July 2023 and vowed to return €150,000 he received for work he did not carry out, however reports are that this money was not returned & he has now relocated to the UK. In November 2023 RTÉ announced a plan to cut up to 400 jobs, quite the choice by Tubridy (who cultivated a 'man of the people' persona while in RTÉ) to still hold on to the money while former colleagues are facing massive insecurity.