For all the real threats to the viability of journalism as a career in Ireland, what struck me in the results of the Irish Journalists at Work survey just published by Dublin City University is the remarkable stability of employment in our profession. Invited to give an insider’s perspective at the launch of the study, Irish Times political correspondent Harry McGee said: “I was surprised to find over 70 per cent of journalists are still full-time.” So was I. The results from a sample of 364 Irish journalists surveyed in August 2021 show that 74 per cent were in full-time…

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