Fionnan Sheahan
Editor at Irish Independent
Ireland Editor, Irish Independent, Mediahuis Ireland. https://t.co/lzQ0ToAt2Q Opinions expressed personal
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan
Fionnán Sheahan: Like the extras in their controversial new ad, RTÉ executives are all a blur on €3.6m lossesIt’s a noticeable pattern in the RTÉ drama that the main protagonist is never actually in the room to answer questions. Director-General RTÉ Kevin Bakhurst and Chairperson of RTÉ Terence O'Rourke after leaving Leinster House. Photo: Collins To put it in television licence payer parlance: the old box in the corner of the living room has got a bit dated, dusty and dawdling.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan |Avril Kinsella
Unsolicited WhatsApp messages turn into a hugely embarrassing case for the lawyers’ watchdogUnsolicited WhatsApp messages turn into a hugely embarrassing case for the lawyers’ watchdogFionnán Sheahan and Avril KinsellaToday at 04:00The State body that polices the legal profession had to conduct its own investigation into the law-breaking conduct of one of its own staff.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan
‘I need a more mature lady to scrub my back’: Inquiry into legal watchdog official’s sexually suggestive texts to member of publicMobile number of ‘sexy’ woman who used services was illegally stored before 'chat up'Regulator for solicitors and barristers embarrassingly admits it broke data lawsOutside expert probed inappropriate contact by staff member who was disciplinedUnsolicited WhatsApp messages turn into a hugely embarrassing case for the solicitor’s watchdog"How are you?
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan
Simon Harris’s party is yet again in soul-searching mode – a seemingly endless quest to find the Holy Grail of determining what it stands forIt hardly helps James Browne’s reputation for being unknown, anonymous and ineffectual when even his own party doesn’t know he is the Housing Minister. Fianna Fáil’s official newsletter over the weekend said: “Minister for Housing James Lawless” was in Cork to turn the sod on 149 new cost-rental homes with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Fionnan Sheahan
Alan Kelly’s hidden past treading the boards was a startling revelation from the first meeting of the Oireachtas Culture Committee last week. Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne disclosed the Labour TD’s early passion for acting in the Nenagh Junior Players. Given Kelly’s flair for the theatrical, it shouldn’t have come as a shock to anyone.
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