Senan Molony
Senan Molony is the current Political Editor for the Irish Daily Mail. He has also been Deputy Political Editor for the Irish Independent.[1]
Molony broke the news of politician Michael Healy-Rae's Celebrities go Wild voting scandal, receiving the award for Scoop of the Year at the National Newspapers of Ireland's Journalism Awards.[2][3]
He also covered news of the Aengus Ó Snodaigh printer cartridge scandal.[4]
Molony once asked Taoiseach Enda Kenny to define "cloud computing", a move described as "cheeky" by his rivals.[5]
Books
He has written a number of books. He has been interested in the Titanic since first discovering that an official list of Irish passengers and crew was filled with erroneous spellings and badly Anglicized versions. The Irish Aboard Titanic (Mercier, 2000, 2012) is the book that started out as the author's attempt to rectify the list. More books on the subject followed: A Ship Accused (Cedric, 2002); The Titanic and the Mystery Ship (Mercier, 2004); Titanic: Victims and Villains (Tempus, 2008) and Titanic Scandal: The Trial of the Mount Temple (Amberly, 2010). His interest in shipping and the Irish connection is evident in the book Lusitania: An Irish Tragedy (Mercier, 2004). Molony's interest in Irish history is not only nautical. His first book, Celtic Mists (Phoenix, 1987) is a parody of Irish history. The Phoenix Park Murders: Conspiracy, Betrayal and Retribution (Mercier, 2006) investigates the assassinations of Cavendish and Burke in the park in 1882.
References
- ↑ Molony, Senan (10 October 2008). "Humiliation for Gormley over posts". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ↑ "Irish Times biggest winner at national newspaper awards". The Journal. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ↑ McGreevy, Ronan (27 October 2011). "'Irish Times' journalists win top awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ↑ "Sinn Féin TD urged to 'come clean' over €50,000 use of Dáil printer cartridges". The Journal. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
Senan Molony's report in today's Irish Daily Mail adds that new rules introduced for 2009 – when Ó Snodaigh remained the most prolific printer, using 54 cartridges – mean TDs have to pay for any cartridges after an annual allowance of €2,000.
- ↑ McCullagh, David (3 February 2011). "Land annuities and cloud computing". RTÉ News. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
But only one – step forward Senan Molony of the Mail – was cheeky enough to ask him. We held our breath...