by chrismmgordon | Jun 15, 2023 | News
By David Davin Power Wesley Boyd served as Head of News in RTE during the most violent years of the Troubles, and was widely credited with maintaining the reputation of the station for impartiality and even-handedness during a period of intense political turmoil. He...
by chrismmgordon | Jun 9, 2023 | News
I wanted the readers to enter these different worlds — even within the IRA there were these different subcultures, and likewise with the police and the Tories and the people around Thatcher — to see how they all experienced the Troubles. It’s not about shifting...
by chrismmgordon | May 5, 2023 | News
Thursday, 4th May, 2023 Firstly, I would like to thank the Association of European Journalists for inviting me here today to mark the 30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. Thank you for the invitation to be here to discuss the reforms of...
by chrismmgordon | Mar 11, 2023 | News
Friday 10th March, 2023. The office of the Press Ombudsman is independent. It is not a statutory body. Many people make the mistake of somehow thinking we are connected with the State because we are recognised in law under the Defamation Act. In fact, we are...
by chrismmgordon | Oct 14, 2022 | News
Leading members of the Kinahan crime organisation are more likely to be taken down by international policing authorities than face justice in Dublin, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris stated. Mr Harris said the granting of permission by the High Court this week to seize...