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COLUMNIST JOHN WATERS is no longer writing for the Irish Times.
A spokesperson at the editor’s office said Waters had “decided to stop contributing columns”.
Waters had written a regular column in the newspaper each Friday for more than two decades, but his articles had not appeared since late January. In its place, the Irish Times had run columns by broadcaster Olivia O’Leary and journalist Kathy Sheridan.
The replacement columns had featured a sentence at the end of each piece saying that John Waters was on leave but that sentence did not run beneath today’s column.
Waters had been a regular freelance columnist at the Irish Times since 1991, but was not on staff. He is also a former media correspondent at the newspaper.
“The editor does wish him well in his future endeavours and recognises his fine contribution to journalism,” the spokesperson for Irish Times editor Kevin O’Sullivan told TheJournal.ie.
Waters is believed to have been unhappy at the Irish Times in the wake of the homophobia debate which ignited after Rory O’Neill – aka Panti – appeared on RTE One’s The Saturday Night Show and was asked to name commentators who he believed were homophobic.
Waters was one of several people named by O’Neill, and who later received a financial settlement from RTE over the comments.
The Phoenix magazine reported last month that Waters also sent legal letters to the Irish Times over a column by journalist Una Mullally about the homophobia debate, demanding a retraction and an apology from his employer.
Waters is also a columnist for the Irish Mail on Sunday.
A call to John Waters was not immediately returned.
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Great to see. Good luck to all.
Just back from the local after a nice quart. It’s the simple things in life….
Best of luck to them, after all the county was placed under level 3, nearly 78 days ago.. Here’s hoping they arent shut down in again in 30 days
Covid back with a vengeance in a few weeks then.
@David Connell: OMG!!!
@David Connell: Looking forward to the new year?
@David Connell: Give over with your baseless accusations. Have you been to any pubs and seen the controls they have in place?
If people stick to the guidelines within pubs and restaurants it shouldn’t be a problem.
I’d be more worried about house parties then I would pubs or restaurants.
I will stick to my takeaway pints ,I’m a miserable git and refuse to buy chicken wings or a burger and chips.
Great to see. Delighted dome Great pubs in the village around Grafton Street open for punters. Pity the best little pub.. Peters.. couldn’t open.. hopefully in the new year.
@Mark O’Brien: Peters is open Mark
@Dave Murphy: is it? I thought soup and sandwich bars couldn’t open.. I’ll b in there tomorrow then!
@Mark O’Brien: We’ve added some extra things to menu, we were open for 6 weeks during the outside dining only so Garda were happy that what we were offering was enough so we’re going ahead
@Mark O’Brien: nasty
Anyone who drinks in them pubs and especially temple bar as that reporter did deserves to be ripped off u wouldn’t catch me in any of thoses pubs named even on a cold wintry day in Dublin
@liam ward60: Not all pubs are aimed at the same people, if you don’t like them that’s grand but there are plenty of people that do and happily spend the money in them. Personally I enjoy the bankers and the Swan of the ones mentioned but I have been in all the others. Its the joy of choice, if you don’t want to go there don’t, but why give out about them if it doesn’t affect you?
Can you order a non alcoholic drink without buying food?
@Ann Basquille Smith: Yes but with limited seating in pubs you’ll probably find that most places will not give you too long seating with that little spend to turn over the tables.
@Ann Basquille Smith: yes you can
A pint of zero alcohol lager was the same price as an alcoholic one before Covid19.
@Ann Basquille Smith: Non alcoholic beer is more expensive to make than alcoholic beer, well if they want it to taste anything like beer.
@Ciaran: Tom Selleck would be so proud Ciaran
@Ciaran: Don’t have a sister so have to take your word on it
Let me dafuq in there!!
only gastropubs open .best pubs ant.misleading article
I’m drunk right now
Once again the journal grabs us in by false headlines.
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