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THE EDITOR OF the Irish Times has denied that the paper had a vested interest in providing positive coverage of the property market during the boom.
Geraldine Kennedy was speaking about Press Freedom in Ireland at a lunch for the European Association of Journalists, when she denied that the paper had compromised standards, according to RTE. Kennedy says that The Irish Times exposed estate agents – some of whom advertised in the paper – for quoting false prices.
She also says that the Times lead the way in publishing the views of economist Morgan Kelly in 2007, when he said the property bubble had burst.
Irish Times Ltd bought the property website MyHome.ie in 2006. The site accounted for an €8.5 million chunk of a €27.9 million after-tax loss in 2009, although the company’s managing director Liam Kavanagh said last October that MyHome.ie was “profitable”.
Geraldine Kennedy is to step down from her position as Irish Times editor in September.
Very sad. I spend a lot of time at the coast and it’s shocking to see how unaware some Central and Eastern Europeans are of the dangers.
About six weeks ago I had to tell a couple with a young child who were near Doolin, that where they were standing was particularly dangerous as large swells result in the area being submerged with water very quickly.
Literally five minutes later this is exactly what happened.
Maybe some sort of awareness program might help.
There are signs everywhere in Russian Latvian Polish telling them the area is dangerous. They just don’t seem to get it. Irish fisherman over the years embedded anchor points in the rocks so they could tether themselves to it. Non nationals ignore these. Even if they wore a pfd or life vest they might have some chance. God rest the poor man.
How sad. This happens far too often. I don’t know if warning signs and other messages are also in eastern European languages but the should be.
Would he not just have swum back to shore somewhere else along the coast?
@beni gabor: Aposrently he was wearing waders. These fill up with water and drag you down underwater.
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