Long-time Sunday Independent columnist Eoghan Harris had his contract terminated with immediate effect on Thursday after the former Senator admitted being involved in the running of an anonymous Twitter account set up in February 2020. The account used the pseudonym Barbara J Pym and often targeted critics of Harris and those seen to be sympathetic of republicanism. That account and eight others linked to it have now been suspended by Twitter for platform rule violations. It is not clear how the Twitter handle was chosen but Barbara Pym was an English comedic novelist best known for Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass Of Blessings (1958). "Under no circumstances would such material have been published in our newspaper or on Independent.ie,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent May 08, 2021 16:41 UTC