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Senan Molony

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Senan Molony is an author and Political Editor of the Irish Daily Mail. He has also been Deputy Political Editor for the Irish Independent.[1]

Molony was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin, and studied journalism in Rathmines College of Commerce.

Molony broke the news of politician Michael Healy-Rae's Celebrities go Wild voting scandal, receiving the award for Scoop of the Year at the National Newspapers of Ireland's Journalism Awards.[2][3] He also covered the Aengus Ó Snodaigh printer cartridge scandal.[4]

Books

His first book, Celtic Mists (Phoenix, 1987) is a parody of Irish history. The Phoenix Park Murders: Conspiracy, Betrayal and Retribution (Mercier, 2006) investigates the assassinations of Cavendish and Burke in the park in 1882.

Molony also is the author of The Irish Aboard Titanic (Mercier, 2000, 2012), A Ship Accused (Cedric, 2002); The Titanic and the Mystery Ship (Mercier, 2004); Titanic: Victims and Villains (Tempus, 2008), RMS Lusitania: An Irish Tragedy (Mercier, 2004) and Titanic Scandal: The Trial of the Mount Temple (Amberly, 2010).

Theories

References

  1. ^ Molony, Senan (10 October 2008). "Humiliation for Gormley over posts". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Irish Times biggest winner at national newspaper awards". The Journal. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ McGreevy, Ronan (27 October 2011). "'Irish Times' journalists win top awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Sinn Féin TD urged to 'come clean' over €50,000 use of Dáil printer cartridges". The Journal. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012. Senan Molony's report in today's Irish Daily Mail adds that new rules introduced for 2009 – when Ó Snodaigh remained the most prolific printer, using 54 cartridges – mean TDs have to pay for any cartridges after an annual allowance of €2,000.