Irish Times

With the usual amount of tabloid rubbish taking up way too many pages, at least we can always rely on a newspaper ending in «times» to provide something of a journalistic approach to their job. When it comes to news papers, if it ends in «times» or «telegraph» 9 times out of 10 it probably has something to do with current affairs on their front page, and not something to do with Ashley Cole taking photographs of his bits and pieces to send to prostitutes.
The Irish Times, though not my first choice in newspapers, certainly has me interested whenever I see it lying about. The journalism is focused on «important» events, usually politics but unlike a lot of the English press, the Irish Times relies heavily on local events, and local news stories.
If it is a solid newspaper with it’s head in the right place that you are after, then this is certainly worth a read. However if you want to find out about some X Factor winner going on a date with someone who once played football for Bristol City, then you probably will not find it in this paper.
And rightly so.

I had the pleasure of doing an internship at The Irish Times Belfast office earlier this year. Fanum house, even with it’s gray industrial exterior, broken lifts and air conditioning, still holds a certain charm for me.
It was here I had the pleasure of working with Gerry Moriarty, Northern Editor and Dan Keenan, Northern News Editor, in the events running up to the devolution of policing and justice powers back in February 2010. The Irish Times northern correspondents have been based there since the seventies.
Generally, the northern office contributes about seven stories or commentary pieces to the paper each day. The Irish Times, which is based in Dublin was established in 1859 and focuses on Irish news and politics, as well as international news, sports, arts and culture. The northern office mainly focuses on political issues in the province. The paper is published 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday. It is regarded as the most reputable newspaper in Ireland.
The office is run by a super lady named Faye. If you ring with any queries, Faye will sort you out.
Like most newspaper offices, the Irish Times Northern HQ (referred to the editor as ‘The Rat Pit’) has it’s quirks. Most notably– an office which is painted completely green, yes even the radiators, the exuberant and charming cleaning lady from the Falls road and an old Jewish businessman who calls in every week with a pair of scissors to cut out sections of the previous days paper.