There is something that Ruadhán Mac Cormaic says to journalists at The Irish Times, and he says it often: “What are we telling our readers about this story that I can’t get for free on the internet?” That, he thinks, is the test for all news organisations today. How do you give people journalism that’s original? Mac Cormaic, editor since 2022, is all in favour of “very long articles” in print and online – but only if they’re interesting and original enough to justify the length. But as for a very long piece on Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, who occupies one…

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