Samantha McCaughren

Group Head of Features at Mediahuis Ireland, (owner of Irish Independent, Bel Tel, Sunday World etc). Former Business Editor/journalist. Views my own

[Samantha McCaughren @SMcCaughren]

After two years focused on editorial transformation projects at Mediahuis I have been appointed Group Head of Features - looking forward to working with all our magazine and features editors and journalists. I’ll continue to work on transformation projects - so busy times ahead!

[Samantha McCaughren @SMcCaughren]

@McCaughrenS @tcddublin @SWSP_TCD Well done Simone 👏

[Samantha McCaughren @SMcCaughren]

@tommccaughren @GuinnessIreland @Diageo_News Looks good 😊

[Samantha McCaughren @SMcCaughren]

@aoifefitz_ @kobweekend @ShivnaBill Excellent news, congratulations 👏

[Sean Pollock @SeanPollock44]

30 under 30: The next generation of high flyers in Irish business. Massive congrats to everyone on the list - probably out most exciting one ever 👀

Lots of work gone into this from ⁦@Fearghaloc⁩ and ⁦@caoimhe_gordon⁩
https://t.co/MaJFpEQcjc

[Sean Pollock @SeanPollock44]

Delighted to be nominated for business story of the year by UCD Smurfit for my work covering Pernod Richard’s decision to quietly export Jameson & other products to Russia despite publicly suspending them due to the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/LBHmfj8Hpj

[Alan English @AlanEnglish9]

In this week's Sunday Independent, exclusive extracts from my nonfiction book of the year; the extraordinary memoir by John Clarke about his life with Marian Finucane. Beautifully written, moving, unsparingly honest. John is pictured here by Steve Humphreys and what a photograph

[Sean Pollock @SeanPollock44]

Irish exports to Russia-linked countries soar by up to 3,000pc as concerns sanctioned goods produced here are reaching Moscow via the back door.
https://t.co/Sx2qITIqVf

[Steve Dempsey @steevill]

I talked to ⁦@TaylorLorenz⁩ about her new book ‘Extremely Online’ (which is excellent) in today’s Sunday Independent. https://t.co/xAjXKuYx9u

[Hugh O'Connell @oconnellhugh]

The DEFINITIVE account of another extraordinary week for the national broadcaster

From me, ⁦@NiamhHoran, Maeve Sheehan and Samantha McCaughren

Will Noel Kelly ‘take a bullet’ for Ryan Tubridy? What to expect from this week’s RTÉ drama https://t.co/Lf1imawAy5

[Aoife Fitzpatrick @aoifefitz_]

Happiness is seeing your book hanging out with the brilliant @EtainsDream in @WaterstonesPicc ❤️. #TheGraces #TheRedBirdSings

[Hugh O'Connell @oconnellhugh]

Leo Varadkar tells his Fine Gael critics to talk to him if they have a problem with his leadership
https://t.co/Ias9PCmlIi

[Rodney Edwards @rodneyedwards]

Exclusive: Nicola Gallagher tells her story in tomorrow’s Sunday Independent:
- She speaks about those Rory Gallagher domestic abuse claims
- How her family told the GAA ‘but they did nothing’
- How she thought about ending her life over the abuse she says she suffered

[Alan English @AlanEnglish9]

Sindo P1
- Rodney Edwards talks to Nicola Gallagher, estranged wife of Derry GAA manager. Powerful interview. + Joe Brolly in Sport
- Hugh O'Connell on the supermarket showdown that never was
- Mark Tighe on the Irish Times AI hoax
- Paul Kimmage & Seamus Power pt 2
- Lots more

[Sean Pollock @SeanPollock44]

Jameson producer confirms exports to Russia have ceased following public backlash - Full story here
https://t.co/cWWA8jzgr2

[Mark Tighe @MarkLTighe]

Global fund with Irish base bids to seize Spanish national assets over ‘sovereign debt default’

https://t.co/zEwrgHpjpp

[Fearghal O'Connor @Fearghaloc]

Troubled renewable energy investment firm Solar 21 has briefed financial brokers on a scheme that it claims can raise 80pc of the €209m it borrowed from Irish investors for a now cancelled renewable energy project
https://t.co/KEJ7kz1P01

[Sean Pollock @SeanPollock44]

Conor McGregor agrees to buy Porterhouse Brewery in Dublin
https://t.co/bqGnqj9AnE

[Sean Pollock @SeanPollock44]

Jameson owner Pernod Ricard to halt exports to Russia after backlash.

The Sunday Indo was the first break news of Pernod Ricard’s decision to resume exports to Russia, leading to a backlash. The company is understood to have decided to stop the exports.
https://t.co/ekIYjMXutl

[Samantha McCaughren @SMcCaughren]

So proud of my lovely friend @aoifefitz_ on the launch of her rich, compelling, clever debut novel #theredbirdsings Such a brilliant book and so well done Aoife xxxx