The Irish Times has appointed Ruadhán Mac Cormaic as editor, succeeding Paul O’Neill from 26 October.
Mac Cormaic, who will join the publisher’s board, has been an assistant editor at the newspaper since 2007 and his previous roles included foreign affairs correspondent, legal affairs correspondent, Paris correspondent and migration correspondent.
He said he was “beyond proud to have the chance to work with such exceptionally talented journalists”.
O’Neill, who first joined the Irish Times in 1989, has been editor for five years and served as deputy for eight years before that.
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