"As the presenter moves to a new slot tomorrow, he discusses RTÉ pay, why he has decided not to announce his new salary and the Matt Cooper/Ivan Yates controversy Oliver Callan is recalling an encounter he had on the street with Pat Kenny. It's Thursday afternoon in Dún Laoghaire and we're discussing presenters' pay when he describes what the Newstalk presenter once surmised about presenters' earnings at the height of the RTÉ crisis over pay and secret side deals."
""I bumped into him on the street and he just said, 'You know all of these figures for presenters? You're paid a bit for the work... then you're paid the extra bit to put up with all the shite!'""
A presenter will move to a new slot tomorrow and will not disclose his new salary. The RTÉ pay controversy and the Matt Cooper/Ivan Yates controversy form part of the context. An encounter on the street in Dún Laoghaire with Pat Kenny is described. The encounter occurred on a Thursday afternoon while presenters' pay was being discussed. Pat Kenny reportedly said that presenters are paid a bit for the work and an extra amount to put up with the shite. The remark links presenter pay to tolerance of difficult conditions and secret side deals.
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