Irish Times fires Waters

CONTROVERSIAL columnist John Waters, strongly critical in recent weeks of salaries and bonuses paid to former directors of the Irish Times, has been fired by the newspaper.

Irish Times fires Waters

Editor Geraldine Kennedy said her decision to terminate the freelance contributor’s contract followed comments made by the high-profile opinion writer on RTÉ.

“You expressed the view publicly on RTÉ that I was ‘compromised’ as editor of the Irish Times,” said Ms Kennedy in a weekend letter to Mr Waters.

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