Murphy appointed TCH interim chief executive

THE chief executive of the Irish Examiner, Tom Murphy, has been appointed interim chief executive of the newspaper’s parent company, Thomas Crosbie Holdings, replacing Anthony Dinan, who announced his retirement as group managing director on Wednesday.

Mr Dinan will retire from TCH on June 30 next after 30 years with the group.

Mr Murphy has been chief executive of the Irish Examiner since 2002 and prior to that he held a number of key positions within the media organisation. As group commercial manager of TCH he was involved in important acquisitions for the group, including the Western People, the Carlow Nationalist and The Sunday Business Post. The TCH Group also owns several other regional newspapers, online businesses, and has shareholdings in a number of radio stations.