Conor McGlynn
Deputy Comment Editor
On a Friday at the end of March, it was announced that the columnist John Waters would stop contributing pieces to The Irish Times. Waters’ weekly column featured in the Friday paper since 1991, and …
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Ignorance Isn’t Panti Bliss
Online Editor
The fabulous Irish gay icon and internationally acclaimed performer Miss Panti Bliss appeared on RTÉ’s Saturday Night Show last week. The mama of Irish drag queens and the rowdy landlady of the snazzy PantiBar on …
Photo Gallery: Ger Gilroy comes to the TN School of Journalism, in association with TFM
Online Editor
The Trinity News School of Journalism series got off to a flying start on Tuesday evening, as Newstalk presenter (and former TN Sports Editor) Ger Gilroy dropped in to us and our friends in Trinity FM.…
Freedom of information isn’t free
Deputy Editor
Taoiseach Enda Kenny defended plans to increase fees for Freedom of Information requests on November 13th, calling the fee “relatively small.” He went on to dismiss widespread outrage over the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 from …
National Media Conference 2013: A round up
Staff Writer
The Irish Times editor, Kevin O’Sullivan, has warned student journalists not to engage in “muck-raking.” Student writers have a tendency, O’Sullivan claimed, to be “delightfully oblivious” to defamation rules. Their actions could put student media at …
The Unemployed Graduate: Smoking Ban
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The Sound of Silence
Online Editor
Last April, Irish Independent investigative journalist, Gemma O’Doherty, reported the story that the Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, had had penalty points wiped out after incurring them. The Commissioner told the paper that a fixed penalty …