- Patsy McGarry
Patsy McGarry is the Religious Affairs correspondent of
The Irish Times in theRepublic of Ireland . He succeededAndy Pollack as editor in the mid-1990s. He also is the commissioning editor for articles which are published in the paper's "Rite and Reason " column every Monday. McGarry also writes occasionally on social issues for the newspaper.A native of
Ballaghaderreen ,County Roscommon , he is a graduate ofUniversity College Galway , and was Auditor of the College's Literary and Debating Society in 1974-1975. He has worked forIndependent Newspapers , the "Irish Press" group, "Magill" magazine, and freelanced briefly for RTÉ.In 1989 he set up the first independent radio newsroom in the Republic at
Capital Radio (nowFM104 ) inDublin , having previously worked for four years on pirate station Sunshine Radio in the city.He was theatre critic at the "Irish Press" from 1990 until 1995. He received a national media award for comment and analysis in 1992 for "Sunday Independent" articles on the fall of
Charles Haughey asTaoiseach and was awarded the 1998 Templeton European Religion Writer of the Year for articles in "The Irish Times" onDrumcree , the papal visit toCuba that year, and articles criticisng the Irish Churches for failing to practise what they preached on reconciliation.In 2001 he edited "Christianity", a collection of essays published by
Veritas . A collection of weekly columns he wrote for "The Irish Times" in 2000 was published by that paper in 2001 under the title "The Book of Jesus Report", acontemporary account of the four gospels.In 2006 Patsy wrote "While Justice Slept: The True Story of Nicky Kelly and the Sallins Train Robbery".
External links
"Articles by Patsy McGarry"
* [http://www.catholiccommunications.ie/christmas2004/christmas2004-reflections-patsymcgarry.html On the Message of Christmas (2004)]
* [http://www.cps.dublindiocese.ie/article_153.shtml Abuse compensation fund almost depleted, say bishops (2005)]
* [http://www.iprt.ie/ireland/1356 Dowell rejects criticism of Asbos (2005)]"Books by Patsy McGarry"
* [http://www.theliffeypress.com/proddetail.php?prod=04-6&cat=7 Liffey Press product detail for While Justice Slept]
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