Waters is gone ... wait, he’s back again

NEWSPAPER columnist John Waters was yesterday re-instated by The Irish Times after four hours of union-brokered talks and less than 48 hours after he was axed by the paper because the editor believed he challenged her journalistic ethics.

The decision to re-instate the outspoken columnist followed a “frank exchange of views” between Mr Waters and editor Geraldine Kennedy.

Over the weekend, the editor moved to minimise Mr Waters’ discomfort by relieving him of “any further necessity to contribute” to The Irish Times. Ms Kennedy, in a letter, informed him he would no longer be working for the paper after he “expressed the view publicly on RTE that I was compromised as editor”.