Sunday Co-Dependent?

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Responding to this article by Anne Harris, editor of The Sunday Independent, which claimed ‘hands-off’ editorial independence during the O’Reilly reign at INM, Vincent Browne writes today:

 On March 4th a headline [in the Sunday Independent]: “Bertie sinks as house market goes under.”

… On April 8th: “Ahern missed boat on election” and inside another headline: “Will Bertie’s new Haughey gene cost FF the next election?”

…On April 15th: “Ahern denies air trip with a case of cash”.

But then, suddenly, there was a compete volte-face. And no explanation.

On April 22nd, 2007, there was an exclusive facilitatory interview with Ahern on stamp duty “reform”.

…On May 6th, 2007, a front page story under the headline: “Most voters want Bertie as Taoiseach despite money issues.”

…On May 13th there was another interview with Ahern in which he spoke about his personal finances under the headline: “It’s all related to my judicial separation.” There was no challenge to his claims.

 

So how come this spectacular turnaround? This could all be a compete coincidence, of course, but during the week that the extraordinary U-turn was undertaken – this was the week beginning April 16th, 2007 – a private undisclosed meeting took place between Tony O’Reilly and Ahern…

 

About-Turn On Ahern Lacked Independent Thinking (Vincent Browne, Irish Times)

Meanwhile: Swedish Director Steps Down From INM Board (Samantha McCaughren, TheDailyBusinessPost.com)

(DCU)

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