Results 11,801-11,820 of 15,555 for speaker:Eoghan Murphy
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: What about from someone senior, perhaps in the Government or with a particular interest, or someone well known? Is there a code for dealing with that complaint? Would management let editorial know and would there be a discussion?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Ms Donovan said in her opening statement: the independence of the newspaper is emphatically stressed when the newspaper is marketed to clients. It is one of the key differentiators of The Irish Timeswithin the Irish newspaper sector. Does this mean other titles are not stressing this, or do not have this independence?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I think Ms Donovan was commenting on them, though. In her opening statement she said it was a key differentiator between the paper and other titles.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: In differentiating The Irish Timesfrom other papers by making this so explicit, Ms Donovan is stating that other papers do not make it explicit.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: How would that independence, or the way that the paper makes its independence explicit, make Ms Donovan view other papers?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: In terms of independence?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Ms Kennedy mentioned that she had been contacted by senior Government people. Would she like to elaborate on any of those contacts? Were they in respect of particular articles or particular coverage of events?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Was Ms Kennedy ever contacted by the Taoiseach or by a Cabinet Minister?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: What would be the purpose of those contacts?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: No overt pressure was put on the paper to change an opinion or position or to write a certain way?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Coming to Ms Kennedy's relationship with the board, the statement was made yesterday that the ownership structure of a newspaper had a direct impact on the editorial decisions taken. The Irish Timesis unique in that it is managed by a trust - that is the long stop - but it also has the board. Does the board have a say over editorial policy?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Those are formal notes taken from board meetings.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Informally, would there have been relationships or contact?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Regarding the management-editorial relationship, Ms Kennedy talked about a partnership of equals between herself and the managing director. As managing director, Ms Donovan had no input into the day-to-day editorial decisions. Would she have input into general editorial policy?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: As editor, would Ms Kennedy be involved in strategic decisions for the paper?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: When it came to strategic decisions, such as introducing or expanding a property supplement, introducing a new supplement or a commercial acquisition, would the editor have a role in that decision?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: My understanding is that the decision to purchase myhome.iewas unanimous on the board.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Did Ms Kennedy have an issue with the purchase of myhome.ie?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: But there was no vote.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: So Ms Kennedy supported the decision.