‘Stakes are very high’ for Irish media, says chairman Brian MacCraith

Micheál Martin comments came as Future of Media Commission held first meeting

Reform of Sound & Vision fund would help some, but on its own would lack ambition

Governments should encourage firms to be more open, former ‘Guardian’ editor says

Sligo International Chamber Music Festival is another highlight of the next seven days

Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry and author Paul Lynch among participants

Newspaper’s ‘Berliner’ era fell short of 13 years. Will this new one last as long?

Peter Preston obituary: Born May 23rd, 1938 – Died January 6th, 2018

whistleblower says Moscow’s online monitoring of citizens is corrosive of rights

The media group, set to report record losses, has yet to change its mind about paywalls

GMG’s losses increased by £80m write off of investment in magazine and events company

Newspaper economics require ‘dramatically changed solutions’, says former editor

Resignation has released some of tension that has built within the loss-making operation

Ex-editor of newspaper had been due to take on role

Nick Davies’s pursuit of the phone-hacking scandal shut down the ‘News of the World’. Now he’ll show you how to be an investigative reporter

New editor, from a features background, calls for more ‘playful intelligence’

Former deputy editor and chief of company’s US operation will be first woman to edit paper

It was the year Bono said ‘oops’, nobody died at Today FM and Insomnia served coffee on ‘tap’

Festival of sycophancy as ‘Guardian’ editor announces he is to step down

He will take over as chairman of the Scott Trust which owns Guardian Media Group