Ryan Tubridy and RTÉ embroiled in yet another spat
Time, it would appear hasn't held any wounds as Ryan Tubridy and RTÉ are embroiled in yet another acrimonious brouhaha.
Despite being happy ensconced in Virgin Radio Towers London, former Montrose golden boy Tubridy is still causing headaches for his former bosses at RTÉ, as he has lobbed in a request for his former paymasters to provide him with all the information held on him before, during and after his exit from RTE in the summer of 2023.
The Irish Independent is reporting that 18 months ago Tubridy and his nearly-as-famous agent Noel Kelly, submitted a Subject Access Request to RTÉ asking to be furnished with reams of documentation. Noel Kelly and Ryan Tubridy. Pic: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
A Subject Access Request is a provision under GDPR law which enables an individual to go to an organisation and request information including any references files, documents, or anything that contains the named person including, where they were spoken about or discussed in any capacity.
While there is no absolute entitlement to all the data, RTÉ has furnished Tubridy and Kelly with thousands of references to the pair surrounding the timeframe when the 'Renault hidden payments' scandal erupted.
The move by Tubby and Kelly has caused yet more headaches and cost to cash-strapped RTÉ with the Indo further reporting that collating the information has already amounted to €100,000. Ryan Tubridy on Dublin's Q102. Pic: Dublin's Q102
The request submitted to RTÉ from Tubridy and Kelly relates to the period specifically from just before the scandal broke in late June 2023 prior to Ryan Tubridy's departure in August of the same year.
While RTÉ did provide Ryan and Noel Kelly with a 'voluminous amount' not everything was handed over and an appeal has now been lodged with the Data Protection Commissioner for the unreleased or redacted documents.
It is understood that there are 1000 pieces of information that the Data Commissioner is now going to have to deal with. Ryan Tubridy. Pic:for The Irish Post
This includes things that were redacted or not released or other information that Tubs and Kelly claim is being withheld.
This rigmarole is going to take a considerable period of time for the commissioner to trawl through everything before making a determination.
And while both sides of this spat have lawyered up it is unclear at this stage what the ultimate goal is from obtaining this information or if any legal action is in the offing.
But what is abundantly clear is that lingering hostility still remains and Tubridy's odds of making a prodigal son return to RTÉ and take over from the departing Joe Duffy have just been slashed from slim to practically zero.
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