This Christmas.
Give The Golden Age of Dublin.
Ronan Carey writes:
You can’t have spent a day in Dublin without ever spying one of the famous “Malton Trail” signs dotted around the capital. These windows into the past show us what some of our most beloved spots looked like nearly two and half centuries ago.
Created and published especially by the Little Museum of Dublin to accompany our exhibition on the works of artist James Malton, this handsome new book serves a miniature biography of a city at the height of its golden age.
Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie with pics and short bio marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’.
Sponsored Link
lovely
Used to work there, job bridge. Not a nice experience. Needless to say the director pays himself very well.
That’s unfortunate, were you guiding ?
I can recommend a great place if you are looking for guide work when everything reopens, nice team, fair and a good laugh.
Just ask Broadsheet for my email :)
Front of desk mainly, and doing dogsbody work in the office. It’s amazing the amount of money that goes through that place. Most people there had crappy salaries, except for the director and vice director who were making a lot, especially in view of the fact that the Museum is a charity. Felt very exploited, as did a lot of people there. Thanks, have a full-time job now.
good for you :)
You sound a bit bitter there matey. Id say you were a joy on the front desk :-). Glad you found something more to your level.
we’ve all had sheeite jobs toby, no need to rub it in.
It just seems a bit personal to come on and attack an easily recognisable person with no evidence. Bitter and moany. I hope his new employer has a good contract.
I wouldn’t really call in an “attack” – I would think something more along the lines of, say, burning 12 people alive in a restaurant is “an attack”.
You may have a point. Its not like soldiers mowing down 14 innocent men
I guess not – I don’t think I have seen any Irish TDs glorifying the latter.
Open your own museum next door, charge 10% less per ticket, earn all that money for yourself.
Is Dublin City Council offering rent-free accommodation next door?
The Director of any organisation should be paid well
Otherwise the post won’t attract the best of the best
And that is of no help to the organisation
Or it’s Employees and other stakeholders
It’s a leadership position FFS
Instead of whining
Learn to say one day
And make the most of the opportunity to work and learn from someone who occupies such a senior position
There is as much learning to be had from what they do wrong as well as what they get right
Only take the good things, particularly the learning gained, about the experience with you
BTW, this is a lovely publication, and I wish everyone involved the very best with it
Congratulations all
1. put everything on expenses
2. pay your staff buttons
3. charity = untouchable
yeah, i could do the director thing..
Board Directors of registered Charities are not permitted to be paid / renumerated
Reimbursable ( and ideally) vouched expenses only
Yeah, ‘ideally’.
The board of directors are not allowed to be paid, but the day-to-day director and vice director are allowed to be paid. On the last accounts, the present director of the Museum earns over 90,000 euro.
Which IMO, is in keeping with the role, particularly in Dublin
And I’m not afraid to say this, that sum you quoted is in the range I would expect myself if I was to return into the workplace in a senior position.
Especially one that is in a high profile, visible customer/ visitor attraction, as well as the responsibility of maintaining the reputation of the attraction, it’s going concern, and having to manage the people who make it work.
@Liam. The Little Museum has constantly been in Dublins Top 10 attractions. It has won numerous awards. It is a civic and social triumph. €90k is a very appropriate salary for the running of this successful venture.
So, now what’s your point? That they shouldn’t be “allowed” to get paid?
Sounds like you didn’t work out an haven’t gotten over it. Maybe self reflect, educate, try harder. Done blame others for their success, instead try and build your own.
You’re wrong Liam. The latest accounts say the director of the Little Museum is paid between 100k and 110k. Which makes him one of the highest paid charity directors in Ireland.
110k?
The highest paid CHY CEO in Ireland?
I don’t want to argue with you there Diane
But I seriously doubt that
I reckon there are plenty on upwards of 150
Plus extras in the CHY/ NFP sector in Ireland
Jobbridge is the pits. So are internships. People should pay their employees fair wages.
For anyone who likes Maltons but isn’t interested in buying this book, you can view all of the works in the book in wonderful zoom free of charge at the Chicago Art Institute here. Free of charge – now that’s a great concept for a really civic Museum of Dublin. Just a shame we don’t have one.
https://www.artic.edu/artists/35576/james-malton
You’re dead right Donal. What’s the deal with that museum under City Hall. Is that a Dublin city museum?
Thanks for that link.