Ms Geraldine Kennedy:

Yes, they would not make telephone calls to me but I am aware that many telephone calls were made to my colleague, Ms Donovan, by the property sector about various coverage in the property supplement as well as in the main newspaper. To illustrate the issue, I remember Pat Rabbitte saying at one stage or other that the article by Morgan Kelly rocked the foundations of the State. People from the property sector were saying it would rock the foundation of The Irish Times, we would never get an advertisement again and it was damaging the credibility of the country. I became aware of this but it did not stop me from publishing Morgan Kelly again.