Simon Rowe Explained

Simon Rowe is an Irish journalist. He is a former journalist at Business & Finance magazine and producer on Newstalk 106 talk radio station. He is the former editor of The Irish Catholic, from which he resigned after a disagreement over an article which criticised the sale of church property by Ireland's senior prelates.^[1] After leaving the Irish Catholic he founded and edited the magazine The Voice Today^{[2] [3]} (which closed in 2006). He has been a contributor on radio and TV including Newstalk 106 and RTÉ.

A graduate in History and Politics from University College Dublin, Rowe also worked as an editor with Ocean Publishing prior to editing The Irish Catholic.^[4]

As of 2016, he was writing for the Sunday Independent^[5] and Belfast Telegraph on business matters.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irish Catholic editor lasts nine months . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929150558/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2004/06/20/story971856175.asp . 29 September 2007 . The Business Post . 20 June 2004.
2. News: Catholicism Confronts Faith Crisis in Ireland. 15 July 2006. Reading Eagle. 2 September 2011.
3. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rival-voice-to-strike-fear-into-irish-catholic-paper-qlnpg7nww6t Rival Voice to strike fear into Irish Catholic paper
4. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/new-editor-of-irish-catholic-is-appointed-1.370038 New editor of Irish Catholic is appointed
5. https://www.independent.ie/business/media/inm-trio-shortlisted-for-journalism-awards-35219304.html INM trio shortlisted for journalism awards