The Irish Times has picked up (subs required) on the sacking of Richard Delevan and has confirmed the rumour that Bill Tyson has quit his position in solidarity.
It is suggested that management found the ‘tone’ of the Hooke & MacDonald article to be inappropriate and from there they decided to sack him. As with the recent Phoenix article a suggestion is made that Delevan was being considered for, or in this case was due to become, the newspaper’s Online Editor.
However, the limited comments made by the newspaper’s editor NoirÃn Hegarty make it clear that the article is not the only piece of the jigsaw. As many have assumed, Delevan’s sacking seems to have come after a culmination of events; although whether it was a series of editorial issues or the culmination of a long-term personality or advertising/editorial clash is not made clear at this point.