Results 2,841-2,860 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: On the same theme of gifts, when I asked the previous witness, Mr. Harry Browne, about the codes of ethics, he mentioned the NUJ code of conduct and so on. The implication of what he was saying was that they were insufficient. Would the witnesses share that view?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Do you-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Good. He also alluded to a situation, without mentioning names, in which a journalist had accepted and had been given real estate for the purpose of positive commentary. Did Mr. Vaughan ever come across anything like that in his career?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Does Mr. Vaughan have a view on whether, in the media generally over the years, the raw reportage of the facts has given way to views and opinion as put forward by writers?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation. In his experience with the Irish Examineror in his position as group head, has he experience of any large commercial entity withdrawing or cancelling pre-scheduled advertising because of an editorial dispute?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Specifically on property.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I know that, but to Mr. Murphy's knowledge, was there ever an instance, either in The Sunday Business Postor the Irish Examiner, of a major commercial entity, and we are here to talk about property, cancelling pre-scheduled advertising for two, three, four, five or six months because of a dispute?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: That is fine. During the relevant period and up to the present day, did the Irish Examineror The Sunday Business Postever engage in promotional raffles where property was the prize?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: If it were true, and in the event that it perhaps did happen in The Sunday Business Post, did the winners ever get the property?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: It is a line of questioning that I would love to get into in the next phase.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Thank you.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I did mean that it was offered.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: It is almost over, Mr. Vaughan will be glad to know.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome our guests and thank them for attending. Mr. O'Regan quoted from a number of articles earlier, one of which was written by Brendan Keenan. Morgan Kelly was mentioned in that article in the context of an ESRI forecast. What was the headline on that article?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I would be interested in discovering whether the headline stated "ESRI gives positive outlook" or "Morgan Kelly says there is going to be a crash".
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. O'Regan stated earlier that his primary fixation was optimising sales of newspapers.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: In doing that job, would that fixation involve editing in a way to try to ensure that an editorial would take the form of something people either want to hear or need to hear?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Is that a "Yes" or a "No"?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Okay, but that might also be what they want to hear.