Sarah Carey

Sarah Carey is a TV presenter for TV3, a radio presenter for Newstalk and a former columnist for The Sunday Times^[1] and The Irish Times.^[2] She was sacked from The Irish Times in March 2011 after an appearance on national television during which she defended the leakage of the final Moriarty Tribunal report and supported businessman Denis O'Brien, owner of Newstalk.

Education and early work

Carey has a degree in History from Trinity College, Dublin and a post-graduate diploma in Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Business School in University College Dublin.^[3] She has performed freelance PR/marketing work for a number of companies and the political party Fine Gael. She has also worked for Esat Digifone.^[3]

Blogging and newspaper columns

In 2002, she began writing the blog GUBU, "An Irish woman’s social, political and domestic commentary". Then Sunday Times Irish Editor Fiona McHugh, offered Carey a column after reading the blog. The Sunday Times column ended when she started writing a weekly opinion column for The Irish Times in 2008.^[4] The blog also ended in 2008.

Moriarty Tribunal

Witness

Because she had worked as Marketing Coordinator for ESat Telecom, she was a witness at the Moriarty Tribunal.^[5][6] In 2004, she leaked information provided to her by the tribunal about political donations made by Denis O'Brien. These leaks were published by journalist Stephen Collins in The Sunday Tribune. She denied to her legal team that she had been the source of the leak, and they then informed the Tribunal of her denial. Some days later she admitted to them she was the source and explained her role and motivations to the Tribunal when questioned under oath. The Tribunal judge publicly rebuked her in 2004 for wasting the tribunal's time in identifying the source of the leak, describing it as "irresponsible" and "not remotely justified".^[7]

Moriarty Tribunal report and aftermath

When the final Tribunal report was published in March 2011, she appeared on Prime Time, a national TV news analysis show, in which she defended the leak and her support for Mr O'Brien.^[8] Days later, she resigned from her job with The Irish Times.^[9]. In a statement, the editor said that "her credibility as a columnist had been damaged by the findings of the report of the Moriarty tribunal and its aftermath. In order to protect the reputation of The Irish Times, her position as a columnist was untenable." She continues to write for other newspapers.^[10]

References

1. ^ Sarah Carey (11 Nov 2008). "Don't let Rupert Murdoch decide Ireland's future". The Sunday Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1119/1227026409184.html. Retrieved 7 April 2011. 
2. ^ Sarah Carey (August 26, 2010). "Why are we paying for two opposing energy policies?". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0826/1224277609898.html. Retrieved March 25, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Bio at her own blogg
4. ^ Sarah Carey (October 10, 2008). "Many pensioners are vulnerable, but certainly not all". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1022/1224454452792.html. Retrieved August 23, 2011. 
5. ^ Sarah Carey (March 24, 2011). "Lying to tribunal over leak is black spot on my record". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0324/1224292954595.html. Retrieved March 25, 2011. 
6. ^ Dearbhail McDonald (March 25, 2011). "Blogger who got caught in Moriarty Tribunal web". The Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/dearbhail-mcdonald-blogger-who-got-caught-in-moriarty-tribunal-web-2594217.html. Retrieved March 25, 2011. 
7. ^ http://www.moriarty-tribunal.ie/images/sitecontent_426.pdf
8. ^ Dearbhail McDonald (March 26, 2011). "Carey quits 'Times' after report furore". The Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/carey-quits-times-after-report-furore-2595474.html. Retrieved March 26, 2011. 
9. ^ "Sarah Carey resigns as 'Irish Times' columnist" March 26, 2011, The Irish Times
10. ^ Sarah Carey (20 May 2011). "Thanks to the Queen, we can be friends again". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/8524488/Thanks-to-the-Queen-we-can-be-friends-again.html. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 

External links

• Website of Newstalk

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