My journalism in support of #MauriceMcCabe in 2012 & 2013 led to the loss of my 17-year career at INM following a campaign of vilification and obstruction by Gardai, which continues to this day #FrancesFitzgerald #MaryBoyle #FrMolloy #RaonaidMurray pic.twitter.com/fSw2CSbhVL
— Gemma O’Doherty (@gemmaod1) November 28, 2017
In fairness.
Previously: Gemma O’Doherty on Broadsheet
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She is a good egg , surprised the newspapers aren’t kicking Down her door to offer her a job
i agree 100%
suppose my gratitude doesn’t put food on the table but nonetheless Gemma I salute you.
She’s been rejected by the establishment because she went against the consensus, once you’re out you’re out.
She’d make a much improved Garda Commissioner
Is she not in the Sunday Times these days?
We haven’t forgotten you Gemma, one of the good ones, you are better off away from that rag anyway, even though that is not the point, hang in there.
exactly! She’s a brilliant journalist.
Her attacks on Colm O’Gorman (she purposely took one of a string of 4 or 5 tweets of his and used it to claim he was saying the opposite of what he said) were pathetic last week, completely undermined her claim to be a good journalist who deals in facts
Some on twitter believed it was due to her being on the anti-choice side of the repeal debate, and thus she was trying to smear Colm and Amnesty. Behaviour she rails against in others. Very hypocritical behaviour in my opinion
The same Colm O’Gorman who stood as a candidate for the Progressive Democrats and was close to former Justice Minister Michael McDowell?
well there you have it. it’s all a big conspiracy
The same Michael McDowell who is representing Maurice McCabe? Your point exactly?
Colm and Amnesty are no saints and not beyond reproach
Disagree with someone all you want. Don’t claim the higher ground when you have demonstrably taken a tweet out of context for the purposes of a smear
Nah. Colm O’Gorman jumps in with 2 feet at times. Being head of Amnesty in Ireland puts you on a pedestal. But it’s not so high that you can’t be kicked when you make a boo-boo.
This isn’t about Colm, it’s about the idea that Gemma O’Doherty is an impartial journalist at all times and worthy of praise for this
Seems to me that you made it about Colm in your first comment. Don’t go moving the goalposts now. Not sure what anti-choice stance has to do with this. For the record I don’t know that her stance on Repeal 8 is and I don’t care.
What I do care about is her work in highlighting state sponsored cover ups in the cases of Mary Boyle, Father Molloy, Shance O’Farrell etc. and her support for McCabe, Wilson, Sugarman and other whistleblowers.
It’s a disgrace that she was booted out of INM and it’s to the detriment of this country that there aren’t more journalists like O’Doherty (not saying she’s the only decent journo, just that we need more). When the establishment gang up on you, it means you’re doing the right thing. Unfortunately you can end up paying a high price.
She attacked Colm, I pointed out that despite her reputation as a quality journalist who asks questions others don’t she isn’t above behaviour she would herself criticise, using that attack as evidence.
I’m in full agreement that her anti-establishment journalism is needed in this country, and that she has worked hard to uncover hidden truths.
I’m disappointed by her hypocritical behaviour in this scenario. She used a smear attack to undermine someone, played the man not the ball etc. She is not above criticism, her good works do not make her so. This is exactly the attitude she takes in her journalism.
Hitman is a total waster.
She gave a voice to Julia Walsh and the late lovable Nancy Shanahan on their ” missing” sons in her last article for the Indo. Both mothers adamant their sons were murdered and a cover up by garda.
She is a brave journalist of highest integrity, and gives forgotten victims a voice.
So its basically what you reported has been proven. So if you reporting it, directly caused you to lose your job surely you have a legal case.
The Indo were sued for unlawful dismissal, defamation of character, settled the action with grovelling apologies.
She writes some valuable stuff but also gives vent to wild conspiracy theories- see the latest Village magazine for example- and she seemed happy enough to put the boot into Maria Cahill
+1
she hit the nail on the head a few times but there have been some howlers too.
OUR NEWS. MEDIA AS IT STANDS REFUSE TO PRINT THE TRUTH, THAT’S WHY GEMMA WILL REMAIN OUTSIDE THE SO CALLED GOLDEN CIRCLE , TIME FOR THAT CIRCLE TO BE BROKEN
Donal can you show link to your claim please and Jimmy show us these howlers you talk of
https://mobile.twitter.com/gemmaod1/status/932609548715724800
https://mobile.twitter.com/Colmogorman/status/932663097101291520
Gemma has been excellent on garda corruption. She has been batpoo insane on some of the murder conspiracy theories. Lord Mountbatten getting involved recently, for instance. Bonkers.
That’s where a decent editor comes in.