Communications Clinic controversies

Kate Fitzgerald and The Irish Times article controversy

After The Irish Times published an article under the pseudonym “Grace Ringwood,” it emerged that the author was former Communications Clinic employee Kate Fitzgerald, who had died by suicide before publication. The newspaper redacted the online article and apologized to the Clinic, while Fitzgerald’s parents complained to the press ombudsman. The ombudsman upheld their complaint. The supplied material describes a media and press-ethics controversy and does not establish wrongdoing by Communications Clinic.