Tech entrepreneur Garry Moroney appointed as CEO of The Irish Times

"Mr Moroney has been chief executive of Roomex, a travel management platform, since September 2019. He will take up his role with The Irish Times on December 1st. Staff at the group were informed of the appointment on Wednesday. Mr Moroney has experience as a CEO and as an entrepreneur, having spent his career in the international technology industry. He founded and led two Irish-based software businesses, Clavis Insight and Similarity Systems, guiding them from start-up through to sales to international companies."

"In other news in Irish media, the Connacht Tribune is set to announce that it has been bought by Malcolm Denmark's Iconic Media Group, which is one of the biggest regional newspaper publishers in the State. Approval of the takeover by Government is in place and the official announcement is to come in the next few days, a spokesperson for the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O'Donovan, said. "The Minister approved the acquisition of the Connacht Tribune by Formpress on 14 November. A notice of the determination will be published on the Department's website in the coming days." All media mergers must go through an enhanced regulatory procedure including evaluation by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and sign off by the minister. The Tribune was first published in May 1909. Two decades later the group produced the Sentinel, which finished publication in 2014, and the Galway City Tribune"

Mr Moroney will take up the managing director role at The Irish Times on December 1st, after serving as Roomex chief executive since September 2019. Staff were informed of the appointment on Wednesday. He has CEO and entrepreneurial experience in the international technology sector and founded two Irish software firms, Clavis Insight and Similarity Systems, which he led from start-up to sales. He previously worked as a management consultant at McKinsey and holds an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and an engineering degree from University College Cork. Michael Sheehan will revert to the CFO role in January. The Connacht Tribune acquisition by Formpress/Iconic Media Group has received government approval and required CCPC evaluation and ministerial sign-off.

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