Phil Mac Giolla Bháin

Between 1999 and 2006, he worked as a staff journalist for An Phoblacht, a newspaper associated with Sinn Féin, using the pen name Mick Derrig, which honors Mac Giolla Bhain's maternal grand-uncle. Mac Giolla Bhain gained recognition for his reporting on the financial downfall of the Glasgow football club, Rangers. In April 2010, he uncovered the club's tax issues in an article for The News of the World. He also wrote the 2012 book "Downfall: How Rangers FC Self Destructed," which was set to be serialized in The Scottish Sun, a British tabloid. The Scottish Sun even praised Mac Giolla Bhain for his bravery in facing threats while doing his journalistic work. However, after journalist Simon Houston from The Scottish Sun received threats and faced backlash from Rangers supporters that overwhelmed local sports radio stations, the newspaper decided to pull the serialization. The editors worried about potential boycotts from Rangers fans, similar to what occurred with Liverpool F.C. fans against the English edition of The Sun following the Hillsborough disaster. The Sun cited a blog post by Mac Giolla Bhain, titled 'The Incubator,' which they felt was disrespectful to Rangers fans, as a reason for their decision.