Clodagh Finn: Don’t let newspapers go without putting up a fight

Clodagh Finn marks the anniversary of the birth, in Cork, of one of the first female journalists on Fleet Street and considers the enduring importance of the written word.

Sat, 06 Jun, 2020 - 07:00

Clodagh Finn

Clodagh Finn marks the anniversary of the birth, in Cork, of one of the first female journalists on Fleet Street and considers the enduring importance of the written word.

THE woman I like to think of as the first lady of the press was born in Cork, more than 150 years ago this week.