Justine McCarthy
Justine McCarthy | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer, broadcaster, journalist |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | Culture, politics |
| Notable works | Mary McAleese: The Outsider, Deep Deception: Ireland's Swimming Scandals |
Justine McCarthy is a writer, broadcaster and a journalist with The Sunday Times (U.K.). One of Ireland's most respected commentators on politics and culture, she is Adjunct Professor of Journalism at the University of Limerick.[1] She often appears on Tonight with Vincent Browne.
She is the author of Mary McAleese: The Outsider,[2] about the eighth President of Ireland, and Deep Deception: Ireland's Swimming Scandals,[3] praised by Pat Kenny and Joe Duffy and described by Fintan O'Toole as "the best of the large crop of books by Irish journalists this year, it grows beyond its immediate subject to become a terrifying anatomy of the capacity for denial and vilification within any enclosed world".[4][5]
In October 2010, Kevin Myers criticised her for an article she wrote concerning John Waters, describing it as "the very quintessence of the feminist narrative".[6] In August 2011, David Quinn, founder of the Catholic think tank Iona Institute, objected to McCarthy's Sunday Time's column critiquing his conservative agenda.[7]
She won the 2012 NNI Journalism Awards honour in category Columnist of the Year.[8]
References
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (15 August 2012). "Irish journalists become professors". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ McCarthy, Justine (1999). Mary McAleese: The Outsider. Blackwater Press. (ISBN 1841314412 ISBN 978-1841314419)
- ^ "Deep Deception: Ireland's Swimming Scandals". O'Brien Press. 2009. (ISBN 1-84717-204-0 ISBN 978-1-84717-204-4)
- ^ "Justine McCarthy". O'Brien Press.
- ^ Watterson, John. "Criminal abuse of child swimmers laid bare". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust.
- ^ Myers, Kevin (26 October 2010). "'Let's honour brave women but please stick to the facts'". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ Quinn, David (18 August 2011). "Justine McCarthy's caricature of `social conservatives': David Quinn defends his agenda from a narrow interpretation". The Irish Catholic. Catholic Church. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "2012 NNI Journalism Awards". National Newspapers of Ireland. Retrieved 19 October 2014.