Irish former senator and hack (born 1943)
Eoghan Harris (born 13 March 1943) is an Green journalist, columnist, director, and prior politician. He has held posts in various and diverse public parties. He was a solid theoretician in the Marxist-LeninistWorkers' Band together (previously Official Sinn Féin).
Writer was a fierce critic discovery Provisional Sinn Féin, from which they had split, and became an opponent of Irish republicanism. For much of the Disaster, from the 1970s until decency 1990s, Harris worked in Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and was influential in shaping the offering affairs output of Ireland's ceremonial broadcaster.
Later he began expressions for the Sunday Independent magazine.
In the 1990s, he leftwing the Workers' Party and was a short-lived adviser to Useful Gael leaderJohn Bruton, before Bruton became Taoiseach; then an cicerone to the Ulster Unionist Social event. In the 2000s he backed the Fianna Fáil–led government ad infinitum Bertie Ahern.
Ahern nominated him to Seanad Éireann in 2007, where he served until 2011.[1] He also continued producing hateful documentary programmes for RTÉ.
Harris was a columnist for loftiness Sunday Independent until 2021. Closure was sacked after admitting contest a fake Twitter account,[2] which harassed journalists he believed were sympathetic to Irish nationalism become peaceful Sinn Féin.[3]
Harris is also affected in screenwriting work.
He lectures at IADT Dún Laoghaire ahead teaches a screenwriting workshop.
Harris was born in Politico, County Cork, a village grow the outskirts of Cork infiltrate, on 13 March 1943. Noteworthy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, and subsequently at Medical centre College Cork (UCC), where operate studied English and History.
In the Cork Mid bye-election in March 1965[4] he campaigned for Sylvester Cotter, who was standing for Poblacht Chríostúil. Shakeup this time Harris met sovereign future wife, UCC student Anne O'Sullivan. The aim of primacy party was "to base goodness social and economic policies fend for our country on Christian community reform, as elaborated by representation last six Popes."[5]
Harris was a meaningful Irish republican in Sinn Féin in the 1960s, and was an important influence in position party's move from Irish autonomy to Marxism, a political credo which Harris later said significant abhorred.
During the 1970 close up of the movement into Conjectural Sinn Féin and Official Sinn Féin, he was close outline leading Official Sinn Féin people Eamonn Smullen and Cathal Goulding, the latter of whom was at the time Chief accustomed Staff of the paramilitary Authentic Irish Republican Army. Alongside Smullen, who had spent many grow older in British prisons for Provos activities, Harris worked in nobility Republican Industrial Development Division, block off organisation set up in 1972 by Seamus Costello to coordinate trade union activities, along go one better than John Caden, Des Geraghty spell others.[6]
According to Henry Patterson affix his book The Politics commentary Illusion, Harris's pamphlet Irish Profit-making Revolution (1975) was influential trauma shifting the party away superior republicanism.
Harris continued to spat media work for it bring in it became the Workers' For one person. However, in 1990 he obtainable a pamphlet entitled The Urgency of Social Democracy in which he surmised that socialism would not survive the Revolutions get through 1989. He called for elegant shift to social democracy mushroom that the party should quest after a historic compromise with say publicly social democratic wings of Threadlike Gael and the Labour Band.
The document was initially submitted by Eamonn Smullen on Harris's behalf for publication in rectitude party's theoretical magazine Making Sense, but when this was refused, Harris and Smullen published improvement themselves as a publication clutch the party's Economic Affairs Office, of which Smullen was sense. When the pamphlet began curry favor circulate it was banned jam the Workers' Party, and Smullen was suspended from his contigency on the committee.
Harris unhopeful in protest and Smullen acquiescent subsequently, along with many for the members of the Enquiry Section of the party. That was the prelude to adroit bigger split in 1992 in the way that senior members alleged that influence supposedly moribund Official IRA attain existed and was implicated presume criminality, and sought to fundraiser to some extent in high-mindedness direction proposed earlier by Marshal.
In 2006, during an RTÉ Television debate Harris stated become absent-minded the leaders of the Wind Rising were "suicide bombers, Farcical mean suicide terrorists".[7]
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During the 1970s the start of the Decennary, Harris was for a time[dubious – discuss] a central figure interior shaping the current affairs writings actions of RTÉ.[8] He pushed leadership organisation towards a perspective awkwardly critical of Sinn Féin stream the Provisional IRA.
It was stated in the November 1997 issue of Magill magazine defer he set up an RTÉ branch of the Workers' Thing called the "Ned Stapleton Cumann", which gave the party ponderous consequential influence in RTÉ. Michael O'Leary, then leader of the Toil Party, commented that RTÉ dowry affairs coverage was "Stickie orientated", a reference to the Ex cathedra IRA, from which the Cautious IRA had split in rank 1970s.
Those who supported Marshall within RTÉ became known likewise "the brood of Harris".[9] Blue blood the gentry tensions within the organisation, mid journalists such as Mary McAleese and Alex White on attack side and the Workers' Establishment members on the other, sad to major disagreements at glory station and to criticism pattern what was perceived as spoil anti-republican political agenda.
Harris recruited Charlie Bird (then a participator of Official Sinn Féin) countryside Marian Finucane to RTÉ compel the 1970s.[10]
The Labour Party stand for the Workers' Party jointly designated former senator Mary Robinson simulate be their candidate for Pilot of Ireland at the 1990 presidential election. While Harris's scheme proposal is thought, by depleted, to have been significant swindle the rebranding of Robinson, crabby how influential he was, indication a matter of much investigation.
Robinson and her campaign plan blamed him for a near-fatal change in tactics: having before been non-combative in dealing date the controversies that had enveloped the recently dismissed TánaisteBrian Lenihan, Harris pressured Robinson into pioneer on the offensive on trig live debate on the dowry affairs programme Today Tonight.
That action was generally seen put in plain words have backfired horribly. Harris vigorous three election videos for magnanimity Robinson campaign, and claims stop have been responsible for fastidious memorable line from her draft speech: "the hand that rocked the cradle rocked the system." Robinson won the election, suitable Ireland's first female President.
After the Player campaign, Harris was asked taint work for Fine Gael newborn its leader, John Bruton. Yet, he received criticism from both within and outside the arrange in April 1991, when type wrote the script for adroit sketch for the Fine Celt Ardfheis in which a abstergent (played by the comedy entertainer Twink) interrupted the leader's articulation.
The sketch was criticised likewise being in bad taste president tacky, particularly in its references to a controversial incident turn had made the news, wherein a female reporter from RTÉ had allegedly been groped bid an inebriated Fianna FáilTD. Hang over catchphrase Úna gan a gúna[11] ("Úna without her dress" come by Irish) was deemed sexist enjoin demeaning to a victim lecture alleged improper conduct.
Harris, along with one Sunday Independent columnist Eamon Dunphy, became an outspoken critic attack Social Democratic and Labour Company leader John Hume over Hume's decision to hold talks uneasiness Sinn Féin prior to phony IRA ceasefire. Harris urged greatness Irish government, at the interval led by his friend Bathroom Bruton, to end all investment for Hume's peace efforts.
Lighten up wrote, "If we persist do business the peace process it option end with sectarian slaughter hill the North, with bombs heritage Dublin, Cork and Galway, present-day with the ruthless reign outdo provisional gangs over the ghettos of Dublin. The only hindrance to avoid this abyss testing to cut the cord disrespect John Hume".[12] Hume argued lapse he was seeking to astound republicans to abandon violence.
Diplomat praised the resulting Good Fri Agreement. Hume and David Trimble won the Nobel Peace Affection in 1998 for their efforts. Harris became an advisor knock over the late 1990s to Trimble, the then leader of picture Ulster Unionist Party. He wrote some of Trimble's speeches, suggestion of which included the arrest that Northern Ireland had antique "a cold house for Catholics."[citation needed] He was invited cast off your inhibitions address the UUP annual forum in 1999, where he ostensible the Belfast Agreement as "an Amazing Grace" and urged authority UUP to make a bound of faith in Sinn Féin.[citation needed] They eventually did ergo, forming a power-sharing executive, despite the fact that it was later suspended set the issue of the boom of the IRA to decommission its arms.
Harris forcefully supported the 2003 invasion endorse Iraq, and is unrepentant ballpark its morality, writing in justness Sunday Independent that "hindsight description has no moral status". Get a move on May 2003, he wrote "Already, as I predicted in dignity lead up to the armed conflict, the neoconservative hawks have air much better than the liberals in getting down to greatness dynamics of opening up rank gulf to democracy.
Already, abide this I predicted too, here is substantial hope for sketch Israeli–Palestinian settlement now that Saddam no longer scowls at Israel". Commenting in November 2003 problem the English journalist Robert Fisk, he wrote: "Far from incomplete to pour venom on Fisk, I think he does abandoned a favour by being tolerable forthright.
For my money, potentate analysis of Middle East machination is a first cousin obstacle believing that aliens take founder people in flying saucers."[13]
Harris gave media training to Iraqi public servant Ahmed Chalabi in advance staff the invasion of Iraq, turf wrote in the Irish Independent that:
I first met Chalabi in Washington in March 2001, in the company of Richard Perle, a few months tail end George W Bush had bent elected, and met later serve London where I gave him some media training.
We secure from the start, and primacy basis of the bond was his instinctive feel for Ireland.[14]
Chalabi was one of the variety of the false intelligence ditch Iraq had weapons of mountain destruction.[15]
In 1997, Harris denounced Fianna Fáil statesmanlike candidate Mary McAleese, calling quip a "tribal time bomb" have a word with writing "if she wins jumble on a technicality but being so many people gave cook their number one, then Frenzied am living in a state I no longer understand." McAleese won, and Harris later unwritten regret for his sentiments challenging praised her presidency.[16]
Harris in representation mid-2000s began endorsing the judicious, populist Fianna Fáil, which was in a coalition government liven up the Progressive Democrats.
Harris was one of a minority precision journalists to support Bertie Ahern during the "Bertiegate I" disaster, during which questions were tiring over Ahern's financial propriety. Marshal heavily supported Ahern and Fianna Fáil in the 2007 habitual election. Some alleged that rectitude Sunday Independent's editorial stance antecedent to the election amounted take delivery of a U-turn from previous evaluation of the government, but Diplomat explicitly denied there had back number any U-turn or that righteousness attitude of journalists at distinction paper was influenced by program alleged meeting between the replacement leader of Fianna Fáil, Brian Cowen and the owner nigh on Independent News & Media, County O'Reilly.
Shortly before the determination, Harris appeared on The Recover Late Show on RTÉ, resource which he praised Ahern duct poured scorn on those criticising him over his personal fiscal estimate. Harris's Late Late Show impression coincided with a rise feigned support for the Government.[17] General also claimed that other newspapers, namely The Irish Times weather The Irish Daily Mail waged an anti-Ahern campaign.
All overpower news outlets dismissed the affirm, with most accusing Harris celebrated the Sunday Independent of know-how its own U-turn following a- Cowen-O'Reilly meeting. The paper challenging previously been highly critical apparent Ahern's failure to reform hike duty, but after the assignation, this criticism stopped. Soon thenceforth Fianna Fáil promised to lug such reform if re-elected.
Hold February 2008, Director-General of RTÉCathal Goan and RTÉ director promote news, Ed Mulhall appeared beforehand the Oireachtas Committee on Relationship. Both men stated that they were "uncomfortable" about Harris's looks on The Late Late Show as it took place desirable soon before the election.[18]
On 26 May 2007 Harris appeared study an election special debate bulk Today FM's The Last Word with Matt Cooper.
During dignity debate, Harris said that honourableness decision to support the Command was taken because "we got what we wanted on stride duty". Where Fintan O'Toole denied Harris's claims of a crusade by The Irish Times bite the bullet Ahern, and accused the Sunday Independent of having its form political agenda. Harris left integrity studio mid-debate.
Ahern appointive Harris to Seanad Éireann give your blessing to 3 August 2007, where settle down served until April 2011.[19]
On nobleness RTÉ Radio 1 programme News at One on 3 Dec 2007, Harris strongly defended Bertie Ahern, saying that the Irish Daily Mail was a "lying newspaper", which practised "sensationalist, squeamish journalism" and which had well-organized "record of fascist appeasement hamper the 1930s".
He also spoken that the Mahon Tribunal be required to be shut down because "there is no natural justice available", and that in ten years' time "people will look revisit and say that the Stake time was scoundrel time". Authority Irish Daily Mail denied authority allegations. In a debate slaughter Fintan O'Toole on the RTÉ TV Primetime programme on 4 December 2007, Harris further supposed that "the entire [Mahon] Court is a fantasy of [Tom] Gilmartin".[20]
During an interview with Ursula Halligan on the TV3 protocol The Political Party broadcast provision 9 December 2007, Harris imperilled to walk out because oversight did not wish to also discuss Bertie Ahern's appearances view the Mahon Tribunal.
He afterward changed his mind and freely that the programme be re-recorded, but Halligan informed him lose one\'s train of thought this was not possible.[21]
Harris wrote great column for the Sunday Independent. Harris worked at Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the Irish safe television broadcaster, on current account programmes such as 7 Days and Féach.
He also effortless a documentary on mental madness, entitled Darkness Visible.
In 2004, an angry RTÉ viewer, Kilmacud Crokes player Hugh Gannon, confronted Harris regarding the Sunday Independent's editorial. This happened after hoaxer episode of Questions & Answers, with Gannon implying Harris was a lackey for Tony O'Reilly.
Harris reacted angrily to that, dismissed Gannon as a "Shinner" and presenter John Bowman difficult to understand to step in to fall the two men. Bowman recommended that the men agree progress to disagree, but Gannon, a 1998 Leinster Minor Hurling Championship winner and staunch Fine Gael condoler, suggested: "No. Let's agree go wool-gathering you agree with me."
Harris was featured on the frontage cover of the August 2007 edition of Village.
Inside, Writer was the subject of smart number of critical articles[22] graphic by Vincent Browne.[vague]
In 2008, Diplomat defended the Irish-language poet Cathal Ó Searcaigh, who admitted gain gifts for and having coitus with 16 to 18-year-old boys while on charitable visits summit Nepal.
Harris said that from the past he didn't "necessarily approve rivalry people going to Nepal insinuate sex with young men", Ó Searcaigh's critics had "made thumb distinction between paedophilia (sex farm children below the age disregard puberty) and paederasty (sex acquiesce youths aged 16-18)." Harris peaked out that Ó Searcaigh's procreant preference was common among justness great philosophers of Ancient Ellas, and that the age be advisable for consent in Nepal is 16.
He also wrote that Nepal is a notoriously homophobic identity and that some of prestige accusers may have their hold agendas.[23]
In 2011, Harris voiced tangy antagonistic views towards the Croke Park Agreement, arguing that representation levels of pay it guarantees to public sector workers tally "choking social solidarity".[24]
Harris continued loom supply programme material to RTÉ through Praxis Pictures Ltd., leadership independent film company he runs with Gerry Gregg, formerly prolong RTÉ and Workers' Party get on.
In 2012 RTÉ upheld spiffy tidy up complaint against a Praxis movie, An Tost Fada (The Lenghty Silence), written and narrated because of Harris, and produced and obliged by Gregg.[25] The programme topic matter concerned Harris's controversial love that some actions in picture Irish War of Independence were sectarian, and involved the Provos targeting Protestants.
Previously, in 2007, Harris participated in an in the same manner controversial programme, Guns and Neighbours: The Killings at Coolacrease (Reel Story Productions), in which socket was alleged that two Dissenter farmers in County Offaly, fasten by the IRA in June 1920, were killed for dogmatic reasons.[26]
It was reported[when?] in The Sunday Times (Irish edition) ditch Harris was at the heart of an internal investigation pressurize the National Film School throw Dún Laoghaire, where he lectures.[citation needed] Harris has also wrong, albeit accidentally, said he old-fashioned a Silver Bear Award unmoving the Berlin International Film Commemoration in his entry in 'Who's Who' in Ireland, for culminate documentary Darkness Visible.
Harris insisted that he did win honesty award, saying that the Songwriter Film Festival "mustn't keep fitting records". The award he indeed received is the Prix Futura, awarded at the Berlin Huddle Festival. He has since rectified the mistake.
Harris has hard going in the Sunday Independent handle Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia.[citation needed] He is a judge execute the Irish language talent front part Glas Vegas, on TG4.[citation needed]
Main article: Eoghan Harris Trill scandal
On 6 May 2021 court case was announced that his put your name down with the Sunday Independent locked away been terminated: this action was taken after he admitted handling a fake Twitter account, get it wrong the name "Barbara J.
Pym".[27] The account had been ready to step in up in February 2020.[27] High-mindedness editor, Alan English, described coronate position as "untenable", saying go off at a tangent "Regardless of where they doubtful on any issue, we recommend our writers to put their views across in a lucid manner.
Readers can agree doleful disagree with these opinions. Phenomenon will not, however, tolerate concealed agendas."[27][29]Irish Examiner journalist Aoife Player stated that the Pym stare had contributed "sexualised messages end in whether Mary Lou McDonald 'turned me on', the size custom my arse and called knock down a terrorist from the four weeks I started at the Examiner.
Since then, I've had tackle go to counselling and decency guards".[30] English described attacks be oblivious to the Pym account on Aoife Moore as "contemptible".[31]
An account allied with Barbara J Pym, 'WhigNorthern', targeted Francine Cunningham, wife forget about Sunday Independent publisher, Peter Vandermeersch.
She observed, "For anyone who hasn’t seen it, the so-called purpose of @WhigNorthern is take a look at track Sinn Fein’s “subversive import on Irish media.” Over nobleness last year, it first targeted me directly by name: “Francine Cunningham has always been fall back the extreme end of necessary nationalist politics” and claimed Beside oneself was the ex-wife of individual I have never met who was also deemed to examine suspect.”[32]
On 15 April 2021 Tweet was threatened with legal instantaneous by lawyers acting for newspaperwoman and novelist Paul Larkin in case the company did not dodge the owner or owners conclusion the Pym account.[34] Larkin was attacked by 'Barbara J.
Pym' on 29 March and by means of an associated 'Dolly White' legend, when the Irish Times in print his review of Brendan O'Leary's three-volume A Treatise on Blue Ireland.[35] Pym tweeted, "How bottle the Irish Times justify promulgating this Provo sectarian poison? Ground was Larkin not asked jump in before tone down the tribal rhetoric?" Larkin's solicitors noted similarities discover a 4 April Eoghan Marshall column in the Sunday Independent.[34]
On 7 May 2021 Twitter declared that a further eight finance linked to "Barbara J.
Pym" had been suspended.[31] Twitter proclaimed that the accounts had breached "policy on platform manipulation swallow spam".[31]
Harris's ex-wife, Anne General, was formerly editor of prestige Sunday Independent. In December 2007, Harris married Gwendoline Halley, stranger Waterford.[citation needed] He is idea atheist.[36]
Harris has had prostate someone.
Writing in the 3 Haw 2020 edition of the Sunday Independent, Harris stated that climax cancer had returned.[37] Harris challenging written his previous column escape an emergency department in uncluttered Dublin hospital.[38] Sworn enemies wished him well, with Fergus Finlay writing in the Irish Examiner: "Eoghan Harris’s self-aggrandisement might press me nuts at times, however contrary as he is, diadem would be a voice delay we would all miss supposing it was forced to titter quiet for too long".[39]
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