List of Irish Times employees

This is a list of employees of The Irish Times, past and present.

Editors

 * 1) Dr. George Ferdinand Shaw (1859)
 * 2) Rev. George Bomford Wheeler (1859–77)
 * 3) James Scott (1877–99)
 * 4) William Algernon Locker (1901–7)
 * 5) John Edward Healy (1907–34)
 * 6) R. M. "Bertie" Smyllie (1934–54)
 * 7) Alec Newman (1954–61)
 * 8) Alan Montgomery (1961–63)
 * 9) Douglas Gageby (1963–74 and 1977–86)
 * 10) Fergus Pyle (1974–77)
 * 11) Conor Brady (1986–2002)
 * 12) Geraldine Kennedy (2002–11)
 * 13) Kevin O'Sullivan (2011–2017)
 * 14) Paul O'Neill (2017–present)

News and Current Affairs, Columnists

 * Vincent Browne, columnist
 * Stephen Collins, Chief Political Correspondent
 * Garret FitzGerald, columnist
 * Róisín Ingle, features editor, columnist
 * Karlin Lillington, technology and related business, privacy and culture
 * Miriam Lord, political sketch writer
 * Lara Marlowe, U.S. Correspondent
 * Fintan O'Toole, columnist (also serves as Assistant Editor)

Sport

 * Gavin Cummiskey, Football Correspondent
 * Ian O'Riordain, Athletics Correspondent
 * Philip Reid, Golf Correspondent
 * Gerry Thornley, Rugby Correspondent
 * Sean Moran GAA correspondent.

Critics

 * Eileen Battersby, literary critic
 * Jim Carroll, music critic
 * Donald Clarke, film critic
 * Hugh Linehan
 * Una Mullally
 * Orla Tinsley

Cartoonist

 * Martyn Turner

Former staff

 * Charles Acton, music critic (1956–1987)
 * John Banville, sub editor and literary editor
 * Maeve Binchy
 * Mark Brennock, chief political correspondent
 * Sarah Carey, former columnist, sacked in 2011
 * Joe Carroll
 * Myles na gCopaleen, satirical columnist
 * Michael Dwyer (journalist), film critic
 * Donal Foley, satirical columnist
 * Paul Gillespie, foreign editor
 * John Healy, political commentator
 * Mary Holland, Northern Ireland correspondent
 * Tom Humphries, columnist
 * Seamus Martin, international editor, editor of Electronic Publications, features editor, Moscow correspondent, South Africa correspondent
 * Kevin Myers, columnist
 * Gerry Noone, former sports editor
 * Conor O'Clery, foreign correspondent in Beijing, London, Moscow, New York City and Washington, D.C.
 * Fergus Pyle, Northern Ireland editor
 * Arthur Quinlan, western correspondent
 * Paul Tansey, economics editor
 * Terence de Vere White, literary editor
 * John Waters
 * Maev-Ann Wren, business features editor, economics editor, senior newspaper editor
 * Eugene McEldowney, Night editor, news editor, industrial correspondent