Sarah Carey 'resigns' from IT/takes a break from TV3/still at Newstalk...

Sir Oxman

Disappointment that she ever got a column with the IT in the first place and not surprised she still doesn't see what she did back then and her attitude towards it last Wednesday as anything but minor.

Is this a good thing, a start for the non-OBrien-OReilly run media in Ireland?
A bit late, but welcome in my opinion - a shill shouldn't be given column space.
Of course, she remains at her bosses radio station.


Statement:
Following a meeting with Editor Geraldine Kennedy earlier today, it was clear to me that I had no choice but to resign my position as columnist with The Irish Times.

The background to my resignation is as follows.

In January, 2003, I provided Stephen Collins, now Political Editor of The Irish Times, then Political Editor of The Sunday Tribune, with data about donations made by Denis O’Brien to all political parties. Included was a letter from Michael McDowell of the Progressive Democrats, acknowledging one such donation.

When queried by the Moriarty Tribunal on this, in order to protect the confidentiality of my dealings with Stephen Collins, I told my legal team I had not been the source of the leak. (Because it was a Tribunal, rather than a court case, I had no right to protect myself by remaining silent.)

It is important to reiterate that I did not lie under oath to the Tribunal. Indeed, when I came to give evidence under oath at the Tribunal, I told the whole truth about the leak and denial.

All of this was known to The Irish Times – indeed had been reported in that paper by Colm Keena on Thursday January 22nd 2004, four years before they hired me as a columnist. When discussing my impending appointment, the Editor made it clear that she had no problem with my past involvement with Denis O’Brien, and would be happy for me to write about the Tribunal and related issues, as long as I clearly stated, at the beginning of any such column, that I had worked with O’Brien and appeared at the Tribunal. This I did.

On Wednesday morning, at 11.30, I was instructed to scrap a column I had written for the paper for this week and, instead, to write about the Moriarty Report and what it said about me. At no time was it indicated to me that my position was in question.

When I met the Editor today, I pointed out to her that she had known since 2004 all of the facts on which her current attitude was based.

I have told TV3 that I would like to take a break from TV presenting. TV3 have confirmed that they respect my decision. I will present my Newstalk show tomorrow and in the following weeks.

I will make no further comment on this.

Sarah Carey

The Waltzing Consumer

Dear Sarah Carey,

You are an absolute disgrace, liars like you have cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions of Euros and have helped maintain the pathetically low standard of morals and ethics in journalists, businessmen and politicians. You are a cancer on Ireland so go **** yourself

Sincerely,
go **** yourself

Sand

I think Sarah Carey has learned the one burning truth of Irish principles and integrity - Dont ever get caught.

When I met the Editor today, I pointed out to her that she had known since 2004 all of the facts on which her current attitude was based.

beeftotheheels

About time!

Sir Oxman

Sand wrote: »

I think Sarah Carey has learned the one burning truth of Irish principles and integrity - Dont ever get caught.

The funny thing is she was caught (or admitted to it) years ago and continued on her merry way as a columnist and pundit accepted and employed by the IT and TV3, nevermind OBrientalk!

It's more a case of the attitude shown from her on PT what done her in.
And Twitter-outrage cos I sure as hell didn't see much coverage of it in the papers or tv or radio.

No loss, no loss - she'll be on that radio station tomorrow and probably an Indo columnist by next weekend.

jakdelad

sarah who????

Oh_Noes

I would.

AnnyHallsal

Oh_Noes wrote: »

I would.

Then you're (nearly) as bad as the feckers who voted for Lowry (in my opinion). Standards man

LostinKildare

gambiaman wrote: »

It's more a case of the attitude shown from her on PT what done her in.

Yes. For a former PR person and FG flack she showed a shocking lack of savvy in reading the political climate. The public has been howling for accountability for the corrupt elites -- they want heads on pikes! -- and the very day the Moriarty thing breaks, rather than hang back and hope the outrage bypasses her (a peripheral figure), she strides into the limelight and laughs off her crime, smug in the certainty that people like her don't pay for their transgressions.

Astounding stupidity. She done it to herself.

Sir Oxman

It's been reported by the site owner of politics.ie that...get this, Carey has called Geraldine Kennedy a 'cross-eyed cow' on her Facebook page! <allegedly>

http://www.politics.ie/media/156944-sarah-carey-calls-madam-cross-eyed-cow-facebook.html

Stovepipe

Hi all,
Independently corroborated by two people on facebook? What kind of proof is that? I doubt very, very much if she wrote anything like that. She'd be beyond stupid! I'm not a Carey supporter by any stretch but she is well aware how small this island really is and wouldn't dare do something like that. She'd be burning her media bridges for good. The only thing I'd find against Sarah Carey is that she's a bit too smug for my tastes and lacks the gravitas of say, Olivia O'Leary. As for the alleged insult to Ms. Kennedy, well, don't you think that she's heard that one before?
As for Eoghan Harris' defence of Ms. Carey in the Sindo, he should read some of her 2008 blogs, where Ms Carey says that "loyalty is overrated".
Time for SC to lie low for a while.
regards
Stovepipe

kevin99

Who is she anyway?
What experience or qualificiations does she have to be a national newspaper columnist and broadcast media commentator?
She's a nobody. ****e TV presenter on TV3.

I can't understand why she got that gig in the first place.
Why didn't TV3 offer the gig to a male journalist?