Anne Harris

Tony O’Reilly believed that newspapers could change hearts and minds. In a surprising number of instances, his heart ruled his head. Anne Harris reflects on a newspaper owner who backed journalism and free speech.

If her father Ben Dunne Snr had the vision to make Margaret Heffernan heir from the start, the family saga of life, death, and retail might have been very different. It might have been a story worthy of George Elliott or John Galsworthy.

The church on which Joyce declared war for its smug judgmentalism is strikingly reflective of Harry’s own campaign against a modern priesthood - the tabloid press.

Succession is flawed but its portrayal of the rich and the motivations of those in media ring true.

Brendan Kennelly presented to the world the face of a happy warrior but there was something ineffably sad about him, while Máire Mhac an tSaoi showed a courage few could match.

Veronica Guerin was murdered 25 years ago today. Anne Harris, deputy editor of the Sunday Independent at the time, remembers a woman driven by an innate sense of right and wrong.

The Commission Report into Mother and Baby homes detailed a DNA of cruelty towards mothers and babies" in trouble" that goes back centuries in Ireland, long before our state or the church as we know it.

Martin Bashir is disgraced for the methods he used to obtain the Princess Diana interview in 1995 but the Guardian used similar methods with little condemnation. What does that tell us about media then and now?

As Prince Philip is buried, Anne Harris reflects on the role the Duke of Edinburgh played in creating the modern royal family and why, unlike others in the Firm, he never succumbed to self-pity.

Lockdown has simultaneously stolen real childhoods while infantilising a nation of adults. Is there any hope that the Saga of the Shoes, like the best fairytales, not only reflects our society, but will be an influence for change?