Alan Ruddock dies at 49

mike65

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Always a better class of contributor I thought, esp on the various discussion panels he was part of on radio.

kpbdublin

Good journalist and very unassuming with it. Would have been seen as a likely editor of one of the big Irish titles if he had wanted job. He successfully set up the Irish edition of The Sunday Times.
He brought a measure of gravitas to the Sunday Indo.

Gekko

mike65 wrote: »

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Always a better class of contributor I thought, esp on the various discussion panels he was part of on radio.

He had been on Vincent Browne's programme once or twice this year as well and was always well worth listening to.

As someone who freelances for the SIndo I'm sad to see a fellow journalist pass away at such a relatively young age

rightwingdub

I always read his article in the Sindo each Sunday and I always thought they were well written and he had a considerable knowledge of economics.

My sympathies to his family.

steelcityblues

One of the Sindo's better, more reasonable contributors for several years - may he RIP!

Gekko

Kevin Myers has written a touching tribute to him in his column in today's Indo.

Sympathies to his family, RIP.

jdivision

Big loss to the profession

Freiheit

I was shocked to hear today of his death, he is a fellow Limerick person and his father was headmaster of Villiers secondary school in the city. I'm sad for his family and Alan himself, shows how fragile life is. A great intellect.

Gekko

Laura Noonan also had a piece remembering him on the back of Thursday's business supplement in the Irish Indo.