This is a list of employees of The Irish Times, past and present.

Editors

1. Dr. George Ferdinand Shaw (1859)^[1]
2. Rev. George Bomford Wheeler (1859–77)
3. James Scott (1877–99)
4. William Algernon Locker (1901–7)
5. John Edward Healy (1907–34)
6. R. M. "Bertie" Smyllie (1934–54)
7. Alec Newman (1954–61)
8. Alan Montgomery (1961–63)
9. Douglas Gageby (1963–74 and 1977–86)
10. Fergus Pyle (1974–77)
11. Conor Brady (1986–2002)
12. Geraldine Kennedy (2002–11)^[2]
13. Kevin O'Sullivan (2011–2017)
14. Paul O'Neill (2017–present)

Current staff

Former staff

• Charles Acton, music critic (1956–1987)
• John Banville, sub editor and literary editor
• Maeve Binchy
• Mark Brennock, chief political correspondent
• Sarah Carey, former columnist, sacked in 2011
• Joe Carroll
• Myles na gCopaleen, satirical columnist
• Michael Dwyer (journalist), film critic
• Donal Foley, satirical columnist
• Paul Gillespie, foreign editor
• John Healy, political commentator
• Mary Holland, Northern Ireland correspondent
• Tom Humphries, columnist
• Seamus Martin, international editor, editor of Electronic Publications, features editor, Moscow correspondent, South Africa correspondent
• Kevin Myers, columnist
• Gerry Noone, former sports editor^[3]
• Conor O'Clery, foreign correspondent in Beijing, London, Moscow, New York City and Washington, D.C.
• Fergus Pyle, Northern Ireland editor
• Arthur Quinlan, western correspondent
• Paul Tansey, economics editor
• Terence de Vere White, literary editor
• John Waters
• Maev-Ann Wren, business features editor, economics editor, senior newspaper editor

References