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# irish-independent - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
Belgian group Mediahuis to buy Independent News and Media for €145.6m
A number of different companies had been rumoured to buy the media group.
# irish-independent - Saturday 20 April, 2019
'Murdered by cowards': Ireland's front pages unite in mourning for Lyra McKee
The killing of the 29 year-old was covered on all of Ireland’s front pages this morning.
# irish-independent - Friday 15 February, 2019
Former trainee priest suing Irish Independent
The man previously launched legal action against other newspapers including the Irish Times.
# irish-independent - Monday 10 December, 2018
Union has 'grave concerns' about hard drives of INM staff 'being searched without permission'
The NUJ said it is concerned about “the threat to confidential sources of information and the privacy of INM staff”.
# irish-independent - Monday 26 November, 2018
Rape trial collapses due to 'unprecedented media coverage' in national newspaper
The trial involved a Dublin defendant accused of raping a woman he met on a night out in 2015.
# irish-independent - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
INM data scandal widens: Just how many people had their emails accessed?
Today commentators pointed out that even people who are not connected to the media group may be impacted by the breach.
'Deeply disturbing': Press Ombudsman says reported INM data breach could 'undermine' journalism
He said that confidentiality needed to be restored quickly at the newspaper.
# irish-independent - Monday 8 January, 2018
Gerry Adams' complaint about IRA murder article rejected by Press Ombudsman
An article in the Irish Independent reported Adams said he thought jailing the men who killed a Louth farmer would be counterproductive.
# irish-independent - Thursday 16 November, 2017
Ryanair brings Irish Independent and journalist to court
The journalist has recently been reporting on pay talks Ryanair has been having with pilots.
# irish-independent - Saturday 7 October, 2017
Journalist John Waters to sue The Phoenix magazine
The writer launched High Court proceedings against the satirical magazine last week.
# irish-independent - Wednesday 23 August, 2017
Ireland's biggest newspaper group wants Google and Facebook to pay for news
Company chairman Leslie Buckley said traditional publishers should ‘demand payment’ from the online duopoly.
# irish-independent - Thursday 9 February, 2017
Ivan Yates is coming back to Newstalk
He’ll present a two-hour show on Sundays.
# irish-independent - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
Irish Independent takes legal action against TheLiberal.ie over plagiarism claims
The website is owned by Leo Sherlock who runs the operation as a sole trader.
# irish-independent - Saturday 10 December, 2016
Your crash course in… How INM walking away from pensioners sheds light on a bigger problem
Defined benefit pension schemes are a ticking time bomb.
# irish-independent - Monday 5 December, 2016
'The choice for the Irish Independent is a €60 million dividend or pension poverty for ex-staff'
Unions are upset at a plan to wind down the company’s defined benefit pension plan.
# irish-independent - Wednesday 29 June, 2016
Dissent in the ranks: 'We gave our points of view, they gave theirs - but there was no agreement'
Members of the Independent Alliance want a free vote on a Bill that would allow for a termination in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities.
# irish-independent - Friday 4 March, 2016
Irish Independent apologises to Gerry Adams for 'gunpoint' story
The Sinn Féin leader had complained that the paper distorted comments he made at a fundraising event.
# irish-independent - Tuesday 17 November, 2015
Ireland's biggest publisher has finally stopped getting smaller
Independent News and Media has turned around its revenue after eight years.
# irish-independent - Monday 14 September, 2015
People on the dole to see 50% increase in their Christmas bonus this year
The bonus is paid to long-term welfare claimants such as jobseekers, pensioners, carers, lone-parents and those with a disability.
# irish-independent - Friday 21 August, 2015
The decline of newspaper sales could cost 89 people their jobs
INM says it is closing a printing works in Belfast.
# irish-independent - Monday 13 July, 2015
Irish Independent’s ‘gunpoint’ story about Gerry Adams misleading, says watchdog
The Ombudsman said the paper should have clarified that remarks he made about its editor referred to events in 1916.
# irish-independent - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
Fine Gael senator’s speech taken from Irish Independent article
Catherine Noone’s speech on inheritance tax is largely similar to an article by Charlie Weston.
# irish-independent - Friday 5 June, 2015
Popular food critic and writer Paolo Tullio has died, aged 65
“One of life’s true gentlemen.”
# irish-independent - Friday 13 March, 2015
Ireland's biggest newspaper group spent €9.3 million on redundancies last year
Advertising and cost-cutting are keeping the books balanced for the media group.
# irish-independent - Tuesday 17 February, 2015
The Irish Times is bringing in a very leaky paywall
But one analyst has warned the plan could backfire and send readers to other outlets.
# irish-independent - Saturday 14 February, 2015
Opinion: What do traditional newspapers have to do to survive?
Dumbing down their content, pursuing ‘edgy’ stories over quality journalism, are not wise decisions, writes Paul Allen.
# irish-independent - Saturday 17 January, 2015
'No evidence of jihadist terror groups training in Irish mountains'
Frances Fitzgerald has said everything is being done to protect Ireland against terror threats.
# irish-independent - Friday 9 January, 2015
The new editors of the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent have been named
One was expected, the other less so.
# irish-independent - Monday 22 December, 2014
Gemma O’Doherty settles unfair dismissal case against Independent Newspapers
“I now just want to get on with my career,” the former Irish Independent journalist said today.
# irish-independent - Sunday 16 November, 2014
No, the Irish Independent didn't photoshop this picture of a protester throwing a brick
The photo was taken at yesterday’s protests in Tallaght.
# irish-independent - Thursday 6 November, 2014
Could you be the new Editor of the Irish Independent?
The national publication is recruiting.
# irish-independent - Friday 17 October, 2014
Press watchdog says Indo got it wrong on Gerry Adams letter
The Press Ombudsman says the article breached the Sinn Féin leader’s right to a good name.
# irish-independent - Monday 22 September, 2014
Charles Haughey family "deeply disappointed" over claims he was beaten with iron bar
It is claimed in a new biography of TK Whitaker that he missed a Budget speech because of this – Haughey’s family say the claims are untrue.
# irish-independent - Friday 29 August, 2014
# irish-independent - Thursday 28 August, 2014
NUJ staff at Independent News and Media say there is an 'oppressive management culture'
The NUJ chapel at the media company has also expressed disappointment at Irish Independent editor Claire Grady’s sudden departure yesterday.
Independent News and Media sees headline profits surge
INM has doubled its net profits, despite taking an on-paper loss on its Australian interests.
# irish-independent - Wednesday 27 August, 2014
Irish Independent editor Claire Grady steps down after one year in the job
The former editor of The Herald is leaving INM with immediate effect.
# irish-independent - Thursday 21 August, 2014
Bad news for Irish newspapers: every single one has dropped in circulation
The Herald saw the biggest drop, while the Sunday Independent remains the best-selling newspaper in the country.
# irish-independent - Saturday 9 August, 2014
Union welcomes Howlin’s plans to slowly reverse public sector pay cuts
Impact said that the move is welcome, and agreed that it should be a gradual process.
# irish-independent - Saturday 7 June, 2014
Sinn Féin is now the most popular party in the State
An Irish Independent poll shows that they now have more support in the Republic than any other party.
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Poll: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
LAST WEEK, TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar announced further restrictions for a two-week period until Easter Sunday, 12 April.
Everybody in Ireland has been told to stay at home for two weeks, except essential workers travelling to work and other exceptions.
People who do leave their homes for exercise will be required to stay within a 2km radius.
Shielding or cocooning has also be introduced for all of those over 70 years of age and specific categories of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
With everyone being asked to stay at home, people may find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands than usual.
So, today we want to know: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
Poll Results:
No, I'm still working and haven't got a minute (3520)
Yes, I plan to take up a new hobby (2002)
No, I'll spend my time staring at the TV (1391)
I'm not sure / no opinion (1100)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Wellness Wednesday: IBS is no joke, but there are simple things you can do to help yourself
By Dr Deirdre G. O'Donovan
Opinion: Boris is England’s King Midas. All he touched turned to gold, but now must be disinfected
By Peter Flanagan - @peterflanagan
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
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Mary Curtis says the comments were made in jest.
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