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Ryan Tubridy: the face of the national scandal

Ryan Tubridy: éadan an scanaill náisiúnta'.

Ryan Tubridy has strongly criticized the way RTÉ management handled the controversy surrounding his payments.

Tá cáineadh láidir déanta ag Ryan Tubridy ar an gcaoi ar láimhseáil bainistiocht RTÉ an chonspóid a bhaineann le híocaíochtaí leis.

What he wants to do is 'put things right' and 'get back on the air doing the job he loves' He and his agent Noel Kelly appeared before the Public Accounts Committee this morning.

Is é ba mhaith leis a dhéanamh 'an scéal a chur ina cheart' agus 'filleadh ar an aer leis an bpost is ansa leis a dhéanamh' Tháinig sé féin agus a ghníomhaire Noel Kelly os comhair an Choiste um Chuntais Phoiblí ar maidin.

He is 'particularly disappointed' with the decision and the narrative that was made of him in the RTÉ statement on June 22 in which his name was linked to this whole 'fiasco'.

Tá 'díomá ar leith' air leis an gcinneadh agus an insint a rinneadh air i ráiteas RTÉ ar an 22 Meitheamh inar ceanglaíodh a ainm leis an 'fiasco' seo ar fad.

His name, he says, was mentioned 15 times in total and nobody contacted him about it, and he became 'the face of the national scandal'.

Luadh a aimn, a deir sé, 15 uaire ar fad agus ní dheachaigh aon duine i dteagmháil leis faoi, agus rinneadh 'éadan an scanaill náisiúnta' de.

He said he was very sorry for any role he played in the controversy about payments but that could have been avoided if RTÉ had made information that was completely transparent and open available.

Dúirt sé go raibh an-bhrón air faoi aon ról a bhí aige sa chonspóid faoi íocaíochtaí ach go bhféadfaí sin a sheachaint dá ndéanfadh RTÉ eolas a bhí trédhearcadh agus oscailte go hiomlán a chur ar fáil.

He also denied that there was any connection between this controversy and his decision to leave the Late Late Show.

Shéan sé freisin go raibh aon cheangal idir an chonspóid seo agus a chinneadh an Late Late Show a fhágáil.

He made the decision a year ago when he was 'burned out by Covid' and communicated his decision to his family and agent.

Rinne sé an cinneadh bliain ó shin nuair a bhí sé 'dóite amach ag Covid' agus chuir a chinneadh in iúl dá mhuintir agus dá ghníomhaire.

Ryan Tubridy says he took a 20% cut in his pay in 2020, a cut worth half a million euros over a 5-year period.

Deir Ryan Tubridy gur thóg sé ciorrú 20 faoin gcéad ina phá i 2020, ciorrú ar fiú leathmhillíún euro é thar thréímhse 5 bhliana.

Ryan Tubridy said he didn't accept the €120,000 loyalty payment, not even 'one sensation' of it and he didn't hide it because there was 'nothing to hide'.

Dúirt Ryan Tubridy nár ghlac leis an íocaíocht dílseachta €120,000, gan oiread agus 'ceint amháin' de agus nár cheil sé é mar nach raibh 'aon rud le ceilt'.

He did not accept that he had been overpaid, but that RTÉ had misreported the figure.

Níor ghlac sé leis go ndearnadh ró-íocaíocht leis, ach go ndearna RTÉ mí-thuairisciú ar an bhfigiúr.

He also had no knowledge, he said, that RTÉ was hiding payments to him, and this is an acknowledgment from RTÉ that there is no decision against him in the Grant Thornton report.

Ní raibh aon eolas aige ach oiread, a dúirt sé, go raibh RTÉ ag cur íocaíochtaí chuige i bhfolach, agus is aitheantas air seo ó RTÉ é nach bhfuil aon cinneadh ina aghaidh i dtuairisc Grant Thornton.

It is neither true nor believable, he says, that there was a secret arrangement with Renault and that he tried to hide it.

Níl se fíor ná inchreidte, a deir sé, go raibh socrú rúnda le Renault agus go ndearna sé iarracht é a cheilt.

He had a separate commercial arrangement with Renault, which required him to make a public presentation for the company.

Bhí socrú tráchtála ar leith aige le Renault, agus ba é ba bhun leis go ndéanfadh sé cur i láthair poiblí don ...