Irish Times Trust
The Irish Times Group is owned by a Trust and has no shareholders. John Hegarty is Chair of the Trust and has no actual shares in the company, however for the purposes of this project we are considering him as the ‘owner’, as the position of Chair is associated with a higher level of influence. Details on other members of the Trust are included below.
John Hegarty is currently Chair of The Irish Times Trust CLG and sits on the Board of Directors for The Irish Times DAC. Both the Trust and the Board consist of people with experience in different areas of Irish life with the aim that The Irish Times reflects all aspects of Irish society.
John Hegarty was a professor of laser physics at Trinity College Dublin and Provost of the University from 2001 to 2011. He also sits on the Board of the Hugh Lane Gallery Trust, Fulbright Ireland Board, Board of Directors for C-Path Ltd (Critical Path Institute EU) and chairs the Translational Medicine Institute (St. James’ Hospital, Dublin). He was co-founder Innovation Advisory Partners which promotes education, research and innovation policy.
Business
Property Advertising
MyHome.ie (100%)
Recruitment advertising
www.recruitireland.com (100%)
Training
Irish Times Training (100%)
Other Media Interests:
Radio
WKW FM Ltd (75%)
Beat 102-103 (75%)
Magazine Publishing
Gloss Publications Ltd (50%)
Web Publishing
DigitalworX
Family & Friends
Affiliated Interests Family Members Friends
CEO Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance; former Director of Development at Catalyst Inc; NI chair of the US-NI Mentorship Program.
Executive Director for Customer Solutions with ESB; former Managing Director of ESB Networks DAC; past President of Engineers Ireland.
Adjunct Full Professor at UCD; previously CEO of Dairymaster; Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering and former EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
Director of the Institute of International and European Affairs; former chair of NTMA and former director of CRH plc.
Former Secretary General of the European Commission; special adviser to the President of the European Commission.
Former head of communications with Fórsa; member of the executive boards of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and TASC.
Former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service; chair of Northern Ireland Screen and the Chief Executives’ Forum.
Chief executive of the Digital Hub; former director and chief executive of the Abbey Theatre; board member of the Fondation Irlandaise.
Further Information
Sources
O’Brien, M. (2008) The Irish Times: A History. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
Ellis, G. (2014) Trust Ownership and the Future of News: Media Moguls and White Knights. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Horgan, J. & Flynn, R. (2017), Irish Media A Critical History, Four Courts Press, Dublin
