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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Did Ms Kennedy not think of calling a vote to see-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I am going to run out of time so I will stay with Ms Donovan, if I may. She described the acquisition of myhome.ieas a natural movement from print to digital. Is that how she sees it? In terms of the paper moving to digital-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: It is very different from a property supplement in a newspaper.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: It is a property-related commercial activity, as Ms Donovan said in her opening statement.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: In terms of the independence of the paper, was there ever a fear that an over-reliance on property and moving into this new commercial activity would undermine the actual or perceived independence of the paper?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Was there a discussion among senior editorial staff or management in the paper that this particular move into the property sector could undermine the paper?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: What impression did making such an acquisition while also publishing articles in the paper which ran contrary to the consensus at the time make on the readership of The Irish Times? They were reading the views of Professor Morgan Kelly on a complete crash in the property sector while at the same time, The Irish Timeswas making a major property-related acquisition.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Did anyone in The Irish Timespublish an article criticising the purchase of myhome.ie?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: It was announced as news but did anyone write any critical comment on it?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I thank Ms Kennedy for that clarification.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: The website myhome.iehas its own business interests. How are they managed, separate from the newspaper?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: myhome.iehas its own business interests in terms of-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Yes, but it also sponsors particular events, television programmes-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I take it that synergies on the sales side means that sales staff are working for both myhome.ieand The Irish Times.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: One thing I should have put on the record, but completely forgot to, is that my brother sold advertising for The Irish Timesfrom the London office.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I am not going to comment on that, but I think perhaps it was around 2002 or 2003. I had completely forgotten about it.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: My question relates to Ms Kennedy's response to Senator D'Arcy when he was asking questions about contacts Ms Kennedy had received. Ms Kennedy talked about someone contacting her about an advertisement. It related to the movement or placement of an ad. I was a little unsure.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Why did Ms Kennedy pull the ad in the first instance?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: The witness mentioned it. I was interested because it was about the placement of advertising.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I gather Ms Kennedy also said in her earlier remarks that The Irish Timesdoes not do advertorials.