Sarah Carey possibly sacked from the Irish Times

CommuterIE · 25-03-2011 08:03PM #1

Sarah Carey has apparently left her job at the Irish Times... this comes after a meeting with the editor... quite possibly over her defence of Denis O'Brien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i1V5LOcQ-w

FlutterinBantam · 25-03-2011 08:04PM

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Yakult · 25-03-2011 08:08PM

Who?

Corsendonk · 25-03-2011 08:11PM

Must have a job with the Indo lined up! I heard they lost one of their most popular columnists to the states.

CommuterIE · 25-03-2011 08:11PM

Yakult wrote: »

Who?

She gave evidence in the Moriarty Tribunal defending O'Brien and Lowry, she was branded a liar in the report. She also worked for O'Brien... good riddence I say!

take everything · 25-03-2011 08:16PM

Good stuff.

Tech3 · 25-03-2011 08:23PM

She came across very arrogant on Prime Time alright. Seems to be in her own little world too. She seemed to lie her way through every program during the week.

Super-Rush · 25-03-2011 08:26PM

Got anything to back this up?

Offy · 25-03-2011 08:28PM

CommuterIE wrote: »

Sarah Carey has apparently left her job at the Irish Times... this comes after a meeting with the editor... quite possibly over her defence of Denis O'Brien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i1V5LOcQ-w

She comes of as a right twat.

CommuterIE · 25-03-2011 08:29PM

super-rush wrote: »

Got anything to back this up?

That she was sacked or just left? Thats open for debate... but it would seem she has been given her marching orders... http://www.politics.ie/media/156725-sarah-carey-leaving-irish-times-following-weeks-events.html

Nodin · 25-03-2011 08:29PM

CommuterIE wrote: »

Sarah Carey has apparently left her job at the Irish Times... this comes after a meeting with the editor... quite possibly over her defence of Denis O'Brien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i1V5LOcQ-w

...or her self-hanging, as it might be called. I'd imagine she'll be on the minds of the powers that be at TV3 as well.

strobe · 25-03-2011 08:30PM

So because she is now an ex employee of the Irish Times rather than a current one does that mean this thread won't get locked and deleted?

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 25-03-2011 08:32PM

Madame Editor did publish a lot of her criticisms on the letters pages

Corsendonk · 25-03-2011 08:33PM

super-rush wrote: »

Got anything to back this up?

Its all over twitter, also TV3 have issued a statement that she is no longer connected to them.

Breaking News.ie

25/03/2011 - 19:02:50
Sarah Carey has resigned as a columnist with the Irish Times.

She had perjured herself during the course of the Moriarty Tribunal when she denied in the witness box that she had leaked information to the media.

In a statement Ms Carey said it became clear during a meeting with the paper's Editor Geraldine Kennedy that she had "no choice" but to resign.

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/irish-times-columnist-resigns-498694.html#ixzz1HdplV5Pk

CommuterIE · 25-03-2011 08:33PM

Jensen Loud Waitress wrote: »

Madame Editor did publish a lot of her criticisms on the letters pages

I'd imagine her daming indictment in the report was the final straw

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 25-03-2011 08:41PM

CommuterIE wrote: »

I'd imagine her daming indictment in the report was the final straw

How silly can a journalist be, and then to be so blatant and arrogant about it

Nodin · 25-03-2011 08:44PM

Jensen Loud Waitress wrote: »

How silly can a journalist be, and then to be so blatant and arrogant about it

She reminded me of P Flynn in that clip, actually.

CommuterIE · 25-03-2011 08:46PM

Nodin wrote: »

She reminded me of P Flynn in that clip, actually.

Oh someone put that up... would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic :pac:

doomed · 25-03-2011 08:46PM

If she can't be a journalist she can always work for the Sindo. Their "readers" won't mind.

Rubik. · 25-03-2011 08:48PM

Corsendonk wrote: »

Must have a job with the Indo lined up! I heard they lost one of their most popular columnists to the states.

She was given a show on Newstalk two weeks ago, must have known this was coming.

Nodin · 25-03-2011 08:49PM

MEDIA LEAKS: THE “SIGNIFICANT leaking” of tribunal information by Sarah Carey, a former employee of Denis O’Brien, was “irresponsible” and “not remotely justified”, the Moriarty tribunal has found.
The report also said the leak to the media in relation to political contributions made by Mr O’Brien’s companies caused “distress, inconvenience and annoyance to a large number of persons”.

Ms Carey joined Esat Telecom as marketing co-ordinator in January, 1995, shortly after leaving college. She reported directly to Mr O’Brien on matters including media and publicity aspects of his bid for a mobile phone licence, the report said.
And, as an active member of Fine Gael, she helped Mr O’Brien raise his profile with the party.

During its investigations, documentation was passed to Ms Carey by the tribunal concerning political payments by Esat Digifone, Esat Telecom and Mr O’Brien. “These found their way into a Sunday Tribune article,” the report said.

As a result, the tribunal received “considerable criticism” and there were suggestions the material had been disclosed by the tribunal in advance of its hearings.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0323/1224292847422.html

paddydriver · 25-03-2011 08:50PM

Maybe she is pregnant... or has a rich husband; glass ceiling and all that:D:D

25-03-2011 08:51PM

I didnt like her opinion pieces

Nodin · 25-03-2011 08:53PM

CommuterIE wrote: »

Oh someone put that up... would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic :pac:

Its the tone, I think, thats so similar...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8T0Q03oJSc

R P McMurphy · 25-03-2011 08:54PM

What programme does she have on tv and which channel

Voodu Child · 25-03-2011 08:54PM

She's no Mariah Carey that's for sure

Nodin · 25-03-2011 08:57PM

R P McMurphy wrote: »

What programme does she have on tv and which channel

Midweek on TV3, but she just announced she left that. You can hear her dulcet tones on Newstalk still.

Fratton Fred · 25-03-2011 09:00PM

It's a start I suppose. There are still plenty more heads that need to roll.

Son Of A Vidic · 25-03-2011 09:03PM

She's one poor oul delusional fcukwit.

The Waltzing Consumer · 25-03-2011 09:18PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

It's a start I suppose. There are still plenty more heads that need to roll.

Definitely. The idea that a newspaper, which is one of the few in Ireland which would consider itself a fourth estate, could continue to employ a woman who has lied to a tribunal, admits it (nearly looks like she is boasting about it

) and brings her and the newspapers reputation into disrepute is crazy.

One down. In a perfect world, Lowry will have to pay a lot of the costs of tribunal, which will bankrupt him and he will then have to resign as a TD because of that, and he will be out on his ass in disgrace. Thurles will have a lot of work to restore any image of decency too, it is the laughing stock of Ireland now. I also hope the other consortiums take cases against O'Brien and make his wallet a lot lighter.

They are all absolute f**kers who won't see jail, but hit them where it hurts, their wallets.

Cavehill Red · 25-03-2011 09:23PM

Jensen Loud Waitress wrote: »

How silly can a journalist be, and then to be so blatant and arrogant about it

This is the thing - she was no journalist. She was O'Brien's sidekick, then something in IT, then a mammy, then a blogger.
Then she got given a column in the Sunday Times on the back of her blog.
Another blow for 'citizen' journalism and amateur hour in the media.

Sarah Carey possibly sacked from the Irish Times

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