Kevin Myers

Kevin Myers (born 30 March 1947) is an Irish journalist and writer. He writes for the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, having previously been a columnist for the Irish Independent and a former contributor to both The Irish Times, where he wrote the "An Irishman's Diary" opinion column several times weekly, and the UK Sunday Telegraph.

His articles criticise left-wing opinion and the "liberal consensus", sometimes incorporating hyperbole, sarcasm and parody.

Myers was born to an Irish emigrant family in Leicester, England, where his father was a general practitioner. He attended Ratcliffe College, a Catholic independent school. Myers was accepted by University College Dublin (UCD), where he subsequently obtained a degree in History in 1969. He began to work as a journalist for Irish broadcaster RTÉ, and reported from Northern Ireland during the height of the Troubles from 1971 to 1978. In the 1980s, he covered the Lebanese Civil War, and in the 1990s the Bosnian War. Otherwise he has been based in Dublin and Liverpool.

Myers is married and lives in County Kildare. He is the brother-in-law of TV presenter, producer and UK Big Brother housemate Anna Nolan.

In July 2008, Myers wrote an article arguing that providing aid to Africa only results in increasing its population, and its problems. This produced strong reactions, with the Immigrant Council of Ireland making an official complaint to the Garda Síochána alleging incitement to hatred.

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