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

News and Current Affairs, Columnists

• Vincent Browne, columnist
• Stephen Collins, Chief Political Correspondent
• Garret FitzGerald, columnist
• Róisín Ingle, features editor, columnist
• Karlin Lillington, technology and related business, privacy and culture
• Miriam Lord, political sketch writer
• Lara Marlowe, U.S. Correspondent
• Fintan O'Toole, columnist (also serves as Assistant Editor)

Sport

• Gavin Cummiskey, Football Correspondent
• Ian O'Riordain, Athletics Correspondent
• Philip Reid, Golf Correspondent
• Gerry Thornley, Rugby Correspondent
• Sean Moran GAA correspondent.

Critics

• Eileen Battersby, literary critic
• Jim Carroll, music critic
• Donald Clarke, film critic
• Hugh Linehan
• Una Mullally
• Orla Tinsley

Cartoonist

• Martyn Turner

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