Ryan Tubridy has described the last few weeks as his darkest hour professionally and personally in a statement ahead of two Oireachtas Committee hearings this morning.
Some of the documents Tubridy and Noel Kelly have submitted to the Public Accounts Committee completely contradict what RTÉ management have said.
They key document provided this morning completely contradicts what RTÉ management had said last week
Documents submitted by his agent Noel Kelly also confirm that Tubridy’s contract stipulated higher annual pay levels than were disclosed in RTE’s annual statements - but that pay for the final years was ‘offset’ and held in reserve as an exit payment which was never actually made pic.twitter.com/uCVep9SFh6
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It shows the former Chief Financial Officer Breda O'Keefe gave confirmation in an email to Noel Kelly in February 2020 that RTÉ would underwrite the 75,000 euro a year coming from Renault
Last week she said the entire management team had been united against that and it was basically suggested this was a solo run from Dee Forbes.
Ryan Tubridy lists seven untruths in his statement including that
He also denies he was overpaid, saying it was RTÉ over reporting. He says the Renault deal was never a secret and said he didn't take a cent of the 120,000 euro due to him between 2017 and 2019
Tubridy also says he wasn't consulted once in the Grant Thornton review and because of RTÉ's accounting practices the narrative of the last three weeks has falsely been that not only did he take a 120,000 payment which he didn't receive, but that he also contrived to hide it
