Results 11,261-11,280 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Apart from his own personal writings, would the witness have been aware, in his time with The Irish Timesor in his research since, of any situation where there was a threat to withdraw advertising or a threat carried out, because of an editorial line pursued?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: It is certainly a relevant example. We cannot mention names or organisations but can the witness say if that happened in the property boom era we are looking at?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: That is very good. The Chair mentioned oversight and the Press Council and codes of conduct. In Mr. Browne's view, are they sufficient or are they insufficient in practice?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: That is fine. Do the codes of conduct which exist between the National Union of Journalists and papers such as The Irish Times, which I believe has its own internal code, govern things like gifts or junkets?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Without mentioning names or organisations, would the witness have been aware, in his own career, of the bestowing of a gift, tickets for the Champions League for example?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Property interests? Does the witness mean giving property?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I do not want to misunderstand the witness, and I know we cannot talk about names and I will not, but is the witness saying that property was given to somebody?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: We are not talking tickets to a match now. Are we talking bricks and mortar?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: In the experience of the witness, was there a direct correlation between that instance and maybe positive writings?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Or not?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: In Mr. Browne's experience, is there a demonstrable correlation between, and are there instances of, positive writings and the bestowing of gifts?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Does Mr. Browne think there were instances?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: In terms of supplements in newspapers, for example, property supplements - Mr. Browne said he edited an education supplement - has it become the practice and is it a new phenomenon that supplements are about telling the story of the commercial interests relevant to that or is it a critique? Is it a cut and paste thing from the brochures of the corporates representing those sectors or is it...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I am just finishing now.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, it is. To stay with the education example, if college A had a full-page advertisement and college B had an eighth of a page, would the editorial reflect that these days?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I use that as an analogy.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: It is a two-part question. I again thank Mr. Browne. Earlier during my questioning he outlined an instance where somebody was given real estate for positive commentary. Did I understand him correctly in saying that? In modern times raw news reportage has given way to views and opinion, which is in the period we are looking at here. In Mr. Browne's view, does it amount to cheerleading...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Marc MacSharry: I welcome the witnesses. Am I allowed to speak about the The Sunday Business Post?
- 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-----