Kevin Myers

This article is about the Irish journalist. For the fictional character, see List of American Pie characters § Kevin Myers.

Kevin Myers
Born (1947-03-30) 30 March 1947 (age 77)
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Genrecolumnist
SpouseRachel Nolan
Website
kevinmyers.ie

Kevin Myers (born 30 March 1947) is an English-born Irish journalist and writer.[1] He has contributed to the Irish Independent, the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, and The Irish Times's column "An Irishman's Diary".[2]

Myers is known for his controversial views on a number of topics, including single mothers, aid for Africa, the Holocaust and Irish nationalism. In July 2017, The Sunday Times announced that Myers would no longer be writing for them following an article he wrote on the BBC gender pay gap, for which he was accused of antisemitism and misogyny,[3] although the chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland stated, "Branding Kevin Myers as either an antisemite or a Holocaust denier is an absolute distortion of the facts."[4]

  1. ^ Jackson, Joe (9 November 2000). "Hot Press interview with Kevin Myers". Hot Press. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ Logue, Patrick (30 July 2017). "Kevin Myers to 'no longer write' for Sunday Times after article offensive to Jews". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Columnist fired over 'anti-Semitic' Sunday Times article". BBC News. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference JC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).