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  Minister for Communications Catherine Martin has said she is continuing to consult Cabinet colleagues over a call for the resignation of the former editor of the Guardian from the State’s Future of Media Commission. The call has been made by Máiría Cahill who told a BBC Spotlight programme in 2014 that as a teenager she was raped by an IRA member and that the IRA had sought to cover up the assault. She subsequently complained to the Guardian about a piece written by former Fleet Street editor Roy Greenslade, who recently publicly declared himself to be a supporter of the IRAâ...

Karunanidhi’s defiance Updated: Updated: How the DMK stalwart confronted Emergency excesses Share Article How the DMK stalwart confronted Emergency excesses The political career of Muthuvel Karunanidhi (1924-2018) lasted for eight decades. He took over the reins of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1969 and remained its leader until his death in 2018. Through the retelling of the life of the DMK stalwart in Karunanidhi: A Life , the Readers’ Editor of The Hindu also gives “an insight into the workings of the modern Indian state”. An excerpt: Realising the way the Union governm...

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An article on 30 January 2021 headed ' Roman Abramovich 's £200million British property empire revealed', which was based upon a report in The Times, wrongly claimed that Mr Abramovich had

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