MAGILL
Magill, November 2005 edition
Type	monthly magazine
Format	magazine
Owner(s)
Founded	1977
Political position	originally left of centre now centre-right
Headquarters
Editor	Eamon Delaney
Website	none

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Magill is an Irish politics and current affairs magazine originally founded by Vincent Browne and others in 1977. It was successfully relaunched in 2004 after an earlier closure. Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ... Vincent Browne is one of Irelands best-known and most controversial print and broadcast journalists. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Magill was widely perceived as groundbreaking, specialising in in-depth investigative articles and colourful reportage by journalists such as Eamonn McCann (who wrote its anonymous Wigmore column) and Gene Kerrigan. Eamonn McCann (born in Derry in 1943) is an Irish journalist, author, and political activist. ...

The Berry diaries

It first achieved a nationwide profile when it published the diaries of Peter Berry, the former Secretary (administrative head) to the Department of Justice in which he alleged that former taoiseach Jack Lynch had been less than forthright publicly about the truth surrounding the 1970 Arms Crisis which brought down two ministers, including Charles Haughey.(See link below) The Minister for Justice is the Republic of Irelands cabinet minister with responsibility for all issues to do with criminal law, law enforcement, the judiciary and policing. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet. ... John (Jack) Mary Lynch (15 August 1917—20 October 1999), was the fourth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Arms Crisis was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland, in which two government ministers from the Fianna Fáil political party were accused of attempting to illegally import £100,000 worth of weapons for the Provisional Irish Republican Army. ... Charles Haughey (Irish name Cathal Ó hEochaidh; born on September 16, 1925), was the sixth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving three terms in office; 1979 to 1981, March 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1992. ...

In the 1980s as Ireland underwent rapid political change it became the major Irish magazine covering politics.

Regular changes in editor

Browne later appointed a series of editors with he becoming managing editor. Its early editors included Fintan O'Toole, John Waters and Colm Tóibín. (Tóibín went on to achieve renown as a novelist.) However clashes of personalities with Browne led each editor in turn to quit the post as did one of its major writers Gene Kerrigan. The USS (Union of Secondary Students) was founded in January 2001 by, Shane O Donnell, Lorcan Fox, Graham Barry, Carly-Anne Gannon and Lyndsey O Connell. ... John Waters (born Co. ... Photograph by Perry Ogden Colm Tóibín (b. ...

Ceased publication, then re-opened

Magill ceased publication for a period in the 1990s before returning in 1997. Its editors in its second incarnation included John Ryan, Emily O'Reilly and Niall Stanage. John Ryan can refer to: Several recipients of the Victoria Cross: in 1857, see John Ryan (VC 1857) in 1863, see John Ryan (VC 1863) in 1918, see John Ryan (VC 1918) John Ryan, a a British animator and cartoonist. ... Emily OReilly, received her Warrant of Appointment as Irish Ombudsman and Information Commissioner fom the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, at Áras an Uachtaráin, on May 26, 2003. ... Niall Stanage is a Belfast-born columnist for the Irish national newspaper The Sunday Business Post and a former editor of Magill magazine. ...

New relaunch in November 2004

Magill covering the February 1982 general election.
Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, whose government had collapsed dramatically in January, was featured on the front cover.

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The title was sold and was re-opened under a new editor (author and former diplomat) Eamon Delaney and deputy editor Andrew Lynch in November 2004. Whereas the earlier Magill was famously populist, often carrying photographs of politicians with accusatory bannerlines, the new monthly Magill publishes publishes reviews, commentaries, analysis and contains book reviews and business reports as well as a broader range of articles than were found in the Browne's fortnightly version. The new magazine is more right-of-centre than earlier versions. This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Eamon Delaney is an Irish author and freelance journalist. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contributors

Many staff and freelance writers from newspapers contribute to the magazine including the Sunday Independent's political commentator John Drennan, Irish Times contributor Jim Duffy and an Irish government special adviser writing under the pseudonym Sean Sexton. Other people who have contributed to the new Magill include Fine Gael deputy leader Richard Bruton, Labour deputy leader Liz McManus, former British Conservative Party minister Jonathan Aitken, right wing retired United States diplomat George Dempsey and BBC Foreign Affairs Editor John Simpson. The legendary Wigmore column from the magazine's past incarnations also features. The Sunday Independent is a broadsheet Sunday newspaper published in the Republic of Ireland by Independent News and Media plc. ... The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ... Jim Duffy (born 12 April 1966) is an Irish historian, political commentator and author. ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in Ireland. ... Richard Bruton (born 1 March 1953) is a Fine Gael politician in Ireland, and has been a Teachta Dála for Dublin North Central since 1982. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Liz McManus is an Irish Labour Party politician. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born August 30, 1942) is a former Conservative minister and convicted perjurer. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... George Dempsey is a former American diplomat. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... John Cody Fidler-Simpson (born August 9, 1944), commonly known as John Simpson, is a British journalist who currently holds the role of World Affairs Editor for the BBC. He also presents the current affairs programme Simpsons World and is a columnist for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper. ...

The present incarnation of Magill was designed by Cobalt Design to make use of commissioned artwork as an important tool of communication. Issues feature several of Ireland's most established editorial illustrators, with work by Jon Berkeley; David Rooney; Kevin McSherry; Fintan Taite and Joven Kerekes.

Its December 2005 edition carried an exclusive interview with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet. ... Patrick Bartholemew Ahern (Irish name: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn) (born 12 September 1951), commonly called Bertie Ahern, is an Irish politician. ...

Its main rival is Browne's latest publishing venture, Village magazine, which he edits and which is published Weekly. Village counts among its staff former Irish Times editor Conor Brady. Media reports as of October 2005 suggest that Village magazine is losing money and faces financial difficulties. Village magazine is an Irish current affairs magazine founded and edited by Vincent Browne. ... Conor Brady served as the editor of The Irish Times for 16 years between 1986 and 2002. ...

Magill hosts a high profile Politician of the Year awards ceremony annually.

External links

• Dáil debate on the Magill revelations about the contents of Peter Berry's diary (25 November 1980)