Geraldine Kennedy
| Geraldine Kennedy | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 1987 – June 1989 |
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| Constituency | Dún Laoghaire |
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| Born |
1 September 1951 Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Progressive Democrats |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Geraldine Kennedy (born 1 September 1951) is an Irish journalist, former politician, and the first female editor of The Irish Times newspaper. She was a Progressive Democrat TD for Dún Laoghaire from 1987 to 1989 and worked for several Irish newspapers before serving as political editor of the Irish Times from 1999 to 2002 and then editor from 2002 until 2011.
In 1981, Kennedy's telephone, along with those of two other journalists, was tapped by former Minister for Justice Seán Doherty. The revelation in 1992 that Charles Haughey had ordered the phone taps led to Haughey's resignation as Taoiseach.
Kennedy studied at Dublin Institute of Technology and began her journalistic career with a regional newspaper, the Munster Express. She moved to the Cork Examiner after less than a year, but spent only a few years there before joining The Irish Times.
On the foundation of the Sunday Tribune in 1980, Kennedy joined it as the paper's political correspondent. The paper's publisher, John Mulcahy, had become familiar with Kennedy when she had contributed to his journal Hibernia. When the Tribune briefly ceased production, Kennedy moved to the Sunday Press.
Early in 1987, Kennedy successfully sued the incumbent Charles Haughey-led Fianna Fáil government for illegally tapping her phone.
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