Brian Looney’s life was a rollercoaster, but provides a timely lesson

I learned more about journalism, and its true role and importance in our society, in the first three months with Brian than I did in the decade I had spent in Irish journalism up to that date, writes Dolan O'Hagan.
Brian Looney’s life was a rollercoaster, but provides a timely lesson

Brian Looney had the ability to see work challenges in a wider, big-picture context.

Monday was a sad day in Irish media circles, and beyond, as the news filtered through that a former editor of this title, Brian Looney, had passed away at the age of 63.

Needless to say, the Corkman's death has been met with warm public tributes from his many friends and former colleagues.

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